Abe Kōbō: An Avant-Garde Writer for a Time of Turmoil

Abe Kōbō at his studio in Shibuya, Tokyo. Taken in April 1978 by the great French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. (© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos/Aflo)

Kishida Kyōko starred in Teshigahara Hiroshi’s 1964 Woman in the Dunes. (© Sōgetsukai)

The Box Man, released in 2024. (© The Box Man Film Partners/Happinet Phantom Studios)