Sakumi Hagiwara

Biography

Sakumi Hagiwara is a Japanese filmmaker, director, and essayist. He has made notable contributions to experimental film, producing works on themes of time and memory with artists such as epomatsu Eiji and Shinji Sawamura. In 1970, he co-founded the Video Forum, an organization showcasing experimental video art. Hagiwara is also a former professor at Momo Art University and currently serves as director of the Front Bridge Literary Hall.