Publisher/芳賀書店

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"The Island of Hot, Long Nights" is a photobook by Osamu Nagahama, one of Japan's leading photographers. Having grown up in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, a post-war evacuation location, surrounded by a large number of Allied soldiers, Nagahama developed an interest in "American culture" from a young age and has produced numerous works rooted in America. His most famous works include "Hell's Angels," a masterpiece depicting motorcycle gangs with raw intensity, and "My Blues Road," a blues journey set in Mississippi. This book, published on May 15, 1972, the momentous day of Okinawa's return to Japan, is Nagahama's masterpiece, a collection of works focusing on "Okinawa," which had long been under American occupation. It depicts the massive military bases occupying the territory, warships carrying toxic gas, American soldiers, Black Panthers, and the pubs, restaurants, red-light districts, and the women who became their playgrounds. This powerful book captures the Americanized Okinawa with a sharp perspective, anger, and deep affection for the Okinawan people, as if to imprint the humiliating 27 years of occupation that must never be forgotten. (Missing dust jacket.)