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Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

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A tangerine field stretches along the seashore in Minamata. Minamata disease patients, unable to work on the sea, work hard at growing amanatsu oranges.

In his 40s, sculptor JU Ming had already made his name in the early 80s art scene in Taiwan. He then decided to pursue opportunities in New York. During then, HUANG Yu-shan made her first documentary with JU Ming as the subject when she studied at New York University. The film contains footage of JU knocking and carving in his studio and interviews with gallery managers, art critics, and sculptors. This film brings together two New York experiences from two Taiwanese/Asian “exhibitors” who respectively experienced documentary filmmaking and sculpting in the city.

A group of irreverent students band together when their teacher is kidnapped.

8mm work from the director

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Fu and his son Lou-yang ran wild terrorizing the vassal state of Henan. Their only block was the 500 monk-soldiers protecting the Shaolin Temple. Under the pretense of an order from the Emperor, Prince Fu sent all 500 monk-soldiers away to fight bandits, leaving Shaolin Temple unprotected. Guang Ci had been training some of the young monks in martial arts. With the 500 monk-soldiers gone, Prince Fu planned his ambush and his army began surrounding the Shaolin Temple. Aware of Prince Fu's evil intentions, the young monks defend the temple with Tong Deng leading. Only his "Tong Zi Gong" can overwhelm Prince Fu's "Light Kicking" in this struggle for consummate power. Superb Wu Shu fights in the tradition of Jet Li's, Shaolin temple.

A Chinese woman searches for her brother in New York. Her quest spans universities, Chinatown, mahjong parlors, and parties, where she encounters old and new friends. Amidst cultural influences, confusion arises—will it lead to a sense of belonging or a heartbreak? Claire Pei's low-budget debut film gained attention for its allegorical narrative and non-commercial vibe different from Taiwan's mainstream cinema. However, her directing career in Taiwan could't extend, despite her continued involvement in acting and screenwriting.

Short animation by Yoji Kuri

This is an 8mm film that Sato made at the age of 20 with his student friends.

Erotic drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

A playful portrait of designer Ryoichi Enomato, a former collaborator of the Shuji Terayama and the Tenjō Sajiki theater troupe. Kyoko Michishita: “…when I asked Enomoto, the king of parody, to let me film him at the Japan Graphic Exhibition, an event that has become the gateway to success for commercial artists, he gracefully took his clothes off for me. But he asked to wear sunglasses to hide his embarrassment.”

A boy in blue wanders along a riverside wearing a kettle, a raccoon piggy bank and an electric stand.

By scratching the surface of a polaroid photograph before the emulsion dries, the work abstracts the interior space of the frame. Positioned as if being locked inside the frame, the mobility of the subject becomes accentuated.

Film by Shirouyasu Suzuki, 1985, 16mm, 54min

Using the constellation as a motif, the heavens and the earth, metamorphose all the creatures.

Reframing the farmers’ movement in Jeon-Nam Province with a reconstruction of interviews and events.

"Groper Train" pink film distributed by Okura Eiga.

"Apartment Wife" pink film distributed by Okura Eiga.

A video short created in collaboration with Takashi Inagaki.

Keiko Hirota in Tahiti.

Forcing himself to confront his own 16mm camera each day for over two weeks, Suzuki Shiroyasu initially seems to regret his own idea and indulges in very recalcitrant behaviour. Not until halfway through the project does he address the camera more candidly and start to question his own identity, as well as his relationships with his own milieu and other social structures.

A middle-aged yakuza escapes from Tokyo after commiting a crime. He meeets a young right-wing extremist. Together they help a girl who's looking for a river bank full of canola flowers that her mother had a strong memory of. The story is about how they find the place while escaping from pursuers. Self-produced by Zeze and shot on 16mm film when he was a student at Kyoto University.

Experimental short film by Yu Xiaoyang.

Set in the city of Tokyo, overrun by its machines, which have been turned into robots of all shapes and sizes by a robotic magician, the titular Red Neck.

Film by Takahiko Iimura

Three women and two men appear one after the other without any context and continue to act in a disorderly manner through cutbacks. However, as the scene progresses, the relationship between each of them begins to emerge, and eventually, the five are connected by a single thread. This is a typical relationship between a man and a woman, or a woman and a woman, but the sharp images accurately capture the emptiness of the relationship. The line in the film, "I'm all alone", is unforgettable.

8mm film by Yukiyasu Shimada, 1981.

Student film by Eiki Takahashi. Japan University College of Art Film Department Video Course 4th grade graduation production.

A tragedy occurs when a man and his daughter encounter a tofu shop owner who is grieving after his wife leaves him. A collaboration between an instructor and a student at the Film School of Tokyo.

An avant-garde short film by Jun Kurosawa.

Four monkeys learn from people and try fishing in different ways.

Documentary about sculptor Liu Huanzhang.

1985 film

Animated film by Kouji Nanke.

Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.

In 1984, an independent film was produced mainly by university students. After 36 years, it was digitized. The culture and scenery of that time will be revived vividly.