Za Ondekoza

The story is about the co-founding young members of Ondekoza, who formed together in Sado in Niigata Prefecture, and created the Japanese traditional instrument taiko internationally famous. On completion of the film, Kato said "I finally accomplished what I really wanted to create." True to his words, "The Ondekoza" is regarded as his masterpiece showing such feeling as Ondekoza flies through the woods of Sado playing taiko, taken through the use of the movie set and the technology of synchronous filming developed in Shochiku Ofuna Studio (1936-2000). (Shochiku)