If ever there was a film worth seeking out on the big screen in Japan's network of independent cinemas, it's "Free Solo," the Academy Award-winning, vertical-axis documentary that tells the tale of Alex Honnold's climb up the face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

Consider this: When the face of El Capitan was first climbed in 1958, it took three climbers — Warren Harding, Wayne Merry and George Whitmore — 47 days to make it to the top. Honnold completed his attempt in three hours and 56 minutes.

Back in 1958, Harding, Merry and Whitmore used siege tactics to make the top — they were aided by fixed ropes, pitons and expansion bolts and carried with them a whole expedition's worth of gear. Honnold climbed it unaided, solo and with not a single rope — free soloing at its finest.