A 45-minute anime about a guy who invented cooperatives AND had turmoil? Wild.
Toyohiko Kagawa was a great religious leader, thinker, novelist, scientist, social activist, and the founding father of agricultural cooperatives, consumer cooperatives, and medical cooperatives. His life was filled with indescribable turmoil, befitting a world-renowned figure born in Japan. This work depicts his extraordinary life.
Direction
Koji Hagiwara packs decades into 45 minutes like a feverish Wikipedia binge.
Production
1990s OVA budget doing HEAVY lifting on agricultural reform propaganda.
Director
Koji Hagiwara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This OVA was produced by the Japanese Consumers' Cooperative Union as educational material, making it possibly the only anime commissioned by a grocery store collective.
Kagawa was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1954 and 1955—this film conveniently forgets that, probably because it would've required explaining Norway to 1990s Japanese children.
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