Taro Okamoto is one of a leader in Japan's 1960s-'70s avant-garde art scene. He declared that we might find the lost Japan in Okinawa, the final stop on his journey. He pursued to find answers to what is Japan and what is Japanese. This documentary film aims to find the answers that Taro was searching and discover the real Okinawa following his journey in Okinawa.

Taro Okamoto's Okinawa

Tarō Okamoto became world-famous by designing the “Tower of the Sun” at Expo ’70 in Osaka. The ideas and problems that came with its creation, however, are intertwined with the evolution of Japanese culture – from the Paleolithic up until modern times. In his documentary debut, director Kōsai Sekine takes us on a philosophical journey that transcends the visual limits of documentaries.