Michael Rogge (born 27 May 1929) (aka IJsbrand Rogge or Ysbrand Rogge) is a Dutch photographer, videographer and amateur filmmaker, best known for his depictions of post-WW2 life in the Far East, in particular, Hong Kong and Japan. Early life and education Rogge was raised in Amsterdam, born to Thea Rogge and her husband IJsbrand Rogge, a Dutch plantation worker and mining prospector based in Dutch Indonesia. His father was born in Indonesia in 1875 and moved to Java in 1891. He was christened IJsbrand Cornelius Rogge (IJ is a Dutch ligature and pronounced together as a vowel), but later adopted the alias Michael, for the benefit of working with non-Dutchmen. Rogge recalled viewing films on his father's home movie projector at the age of two and that, in 1939, at the age of 10, he inherited it. He has stated that, in 1942, he received a Kodak Box camera as a gift, and a Kine Exakta camera in 1947, and was able to purchase a used 9.5mm movie camera. He studied at the HBS in Deventer and completed his education in 1948. According to Rogge, he left the Netherlands to work in the Far East in 1949. Hong Kong and Japan In 1949, Rogge moved to Hong Kong to work at the Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank (that later became Nationale Handelsbank in 1950 and Rotterdamsche Bank in 1960). After spending six years in Hong Kong, he moved to Japan in 1955, where he lived until 1960 and made several films on life in Japan. In Japan, he joined his bank colleague Hans Brinckmann to travel the countryside during their weekends. During those trips, they photographed scenic landscapes and the lifestyles of ordinary Japanese people, their political struggle, as well as their cultural heritage, including their arts and crafts and religious ceremonies. Return to Europe In 1961, he returned to Hong Kong to spend a month there and make a documentary. Films Rogge shot films while living and working in Hong Kong and on his later travel to Ireland. He has been an avid collector of old travelogue footage from far and wide. He has posted and shared these films online, providing a historical record of the locations. Rogge's 1953 short film The Turn of the Tide is thought to be one of the first independent short films made in Hong Kong. It narrates the story of the relationship between a young