The inaugural issue of Kinema Junpo’s long-running Filmmakers series, this volume charts the oeuvre of French director Luc Besson, featuring glossy film stills from a young Natalie Portman in Leon to a fiery-haired Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element. Japanese-language essays stand alongside profiles of the many acclaimed faces of Besson’s films, timestamped soundtracks, maps of significant sites across Paris and the globe, and a bibliography of related articles in essential journals like Cahiers du Cinéma.