Hatsu Yume (First Dream) (1981)
With a title referring to Japanese folklore, wherein things done on the first day of a new year are significant, the film - an ardent dream entirely shot in Japan - stands as a spiritual allegory equating light and dark with life and death.
Director: Bill Viola
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Shinnosuke Misawa as Man in Tokyo Night Section |
| Directing | Bill Viola | Director |
| Writing | Bill Viola | Writer |
| Camera | Bill Viola | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bill Viola | Producer |
| Production | Kira Perov | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Bill Viola | Editor |
| Production | Carol Brandenburg | Supervising Producer |