As the world's largest Buddha statue at Todai-ji in Nara is cleaned in readiness for the year ahead, the country remembers Nagasaki 77 years after the second ever atomic bomb used in aggression was dropped on the city. And after pioneering filmmaker Takahiko Iimura passed away last week aged 85, we take a brief look back at a film maker remembered not only for his abstract films but also for his association with groups like Fluxus and fellow artist Yoko Ono.