Moshi Kawara's unrealized projects

The following is a partial list of unproduced Moshi Kawara projects, in roughly chronological order. beginning his career in the early 70s, Kawara has made 16 films and five short films in addition to writing and producing various other productions, and worked on a number of others which never made it beyond the pre-production stage.

Dementia (1980-81)
TBA

The Master and Margarita (1982-84)
While still under contract with Toei Animation, Kawara started planning on an animated adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical novel The Master and Margarita (1966-67), going so far as to draw some concept art for characters like Behemoth. The project however would face multiple issues, in part due to the story's critique of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin and thus risking further distribution of Toei's films in the country, on top of that. Kawara had not asked permission to adapt the story as it's copyright was then under control of the Soviet government (even though it was banned, albeit in it's uncensored form). Kawara's deteriorating relation with the studio also was a factor in the project's cancellation, a deal which would officially end with 1984's Yakuza Boy, leading Kawara to become freelance once more.