Robinson's Garden

Director: Masashi Yamamoto, Masashi Yamamoto, Masashi Yamamoto

1987 / 119min / DCP

Wandering drunk into an abandoned industrial zone on the outskirts of Tokyo, drug-slinging social dropout Kumi (Kumiko Ohta) discovers a hidden oasis of thriving plant life. Returning, she starts to nurture this secret garden and brighten up the surroundings, inviting a motley crew of punk rockers and other assorted bohemians to join her in this makeshift sanctuary—though her deepest relationship is with the plot of land itself, an increasingly single-minded obsession that’s accompanied by some very strange behavior. A hypnotic urban fable from Yamamoto, with lush 16mm images courtesy of cinematographer Tom DiCillo, fresh from Stranger Than Paradise.

This transfer was commissioned by Masashi Yamamoto and originates from the original, edited 35mm color negative stored at Tokyo Laboratory Ltd. The film was scanned on Lasergraphics Scanstation in 2K at Yokocine D.I.A., Inc. and graded in Blackmagic Design and DaVinci Resolve. It is presented in its original 1:85:1 aspect ratio.