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8mm work from the 6th Pia Film Festival.

The landmark work of early Chinese documentary. Examines the survival status of the Ningxia Loess Plateau in the 1980s from a more comprehensive perspective, applying the key words of the popular rock song "Nothing": The first part, "Nothing"; the second part, "This is you / The tears are flowing"; the third part, "The ground under your feet is shaking"; the fourth part," You follow me." In the film, the author also clearly discusses the life in the Plateau from several aspects: water, food, poverty alleviation, education, and labor exportation. A large number of interviews were conducted with local farmers, government officials, poverty alleviation working groups, etc. — trying to find the main factors leading to infertility and the methods that can be adopted to get rid of it, discussing the feasibility and effect of "going out" in the second half. The whole film objectively reflects the living conditions of the countryside at that time.

It tells the story of the people who want to get rich overnight.

A record of the stories of patients suffering from Minamata disease, 30 years after its discovery

My Melody stars in the re-created story of Little Red Riding Hood.

The story about King of old Tibet - Songtsan Ganbu and another story abouht Tang dynasty Princess Wencheng married him.

Pictures from a Buddhist temple cut up and manipulated.

Kotobuki-cho is a section of Yokohama whose residents consist of about 4500 single men, 300 women and 180 children. The day laborers living there have no secure social standing, but they do have one thing: pride in their daily work routine.

Faces & Places - Till We Meet Again is a Hong Kong made-for-TV-movie starring Andy Lau

22:22 min, video, color, sound

Experimental short by Keiji Aiuchi.

Independent film by Yukio Ono,

“I am deeply involved in human memory and the feeling of nostalgia brought about by time. For this piece, my challenge was to observe time within the frame.” (Nobuhiro Kawanaka)

Wong-ho is sent by Tobaran to Hong Kong under the pretense of competing in a martial arts match. However, Tobaran actually needs Wong-ho to defeat 6 fighters who are trying to find the location of a million dollars in gold. Tobaran is killed and the 6 villains come to believe that Wong-ho and his girlfriend, Linda, are in possession of the 7 necklaces which reveal the treasure's location.

It was once said that the camera is the pen of cinema, but for this film, the camera is the weapon of the filmmaker. The man who closes it refuses conventional communication with a strong desire for self-expression, and throws and scatters his lost "self" all over the place, regardless of who he is or where he is. The camera becomes a part of the artist, crawls on the ground with him, and starts to rotate with him. Self-deprecating, voyeuristic, violent... A vivid depiction of the sick soul of modern youth.

Special insurance investigator Nick Goldman and his partner Ken have been assigned to their toughest case yet: locate the missing “Star of India” diamond which was recently stolen from its owner Hector Bates in Paris. Not only does it transpire that Bates in on the heist, but the thieves plan to double cross him. Except that the stone is a fake, so the race is on to find out who actually has the original.

It’s been a year since I broke up with Akko. Even when I’m practicing hurdles, just catching a glimpse of her walking in the distance still makes my heart ache. Then one day, I meet another Akko. She’s a girl in the same class, yet we had never spoken before. I never imagined she would be someone I could talk to so easily, but I can feel the Akko from my past gradually growing smaller inside me…

An omnibus film in which Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Yoshiharu Ueoka and others took part.

A man is being chased by an organization and is attempting to escape abroad by stowing away on a cargo ship. Suddenly, a massive undersea earthquake occurs, and he is engulfed in a mysterious light. When he comes to, he finds himself walking through an unfamiliar forest.

This film was directed by Hiroyuki Yanase, who also directed Obsessed with Champon. Although its theme and story differ completely from his previous work, presenting a serious romantic drama, it remains infused with the director’s characteristically relaxed and easygoing style. The result is a distinctly 1980s atmosphere light, mellow, and refreshingly unconventional. The film is particularly notable for Kinoshita’s graceful camerawork and Mōri’s outstanding title and credit design.

An animated feature adapted of Brother Ox Cartoons' (牛哥漫畫).

In this work, I visited a religious scholar, Shinichi Nakazawa, with the question, "What does 'gazing' mean to people? At the time, he was interested in Japanese ethnic religious beliefs by going to winter festivals, etc., and thought that a view of life as a series of rebirths was cultivated on the basis of a life based on farming. Here, I believe that "looking" provides an opportunity for the mind to be reborn. Created in 1983. The artist was 48 years old. (Suzuki Shiroyasu).

Hands / flicker / morphing animation suggests sexual organs in a frantic dance.

A prep school student living alone in Tokyo from Fukushima is suddenly visited by his mother. For some reason, she is wearing a white motorbike helmet. I wonder if she has come alone from Fukushima on her motorbike. When she comes into the room and puts her feet up on the kotatsu, she doesn't take off her helmet, and she is still holding the shopping bag with the leek in it. Her mother refuses to say anything. The mystery deepens and fear creeps up from the depths of the night... A Japanese "cautionary" horror film about what can happen in everyday life.

Pink film distributed by Tokatsu.

A film about the Battle of Okinawa during the last days of World War II.

Produced for "Gebocon I", a convention organized by Fanroad magazine, an anime/manga/doujin magazine in the 80s and 90s.

Live concert

Lee Ju-Il dreams a lot of things. He wants to be proud of himself to his lover named Maeng-Ja, so that he comes to Seoul to become a member of show performance group of the theater. He is fired because of unexpected mistake to be expelled in the first show performance. While being astray, he lives marriage life with Maeng-Ja under poor conditions. His wife is forced to go to hospital and take Caesar's surgery, but is in short of money for the surgery. He is barely employed to become an assistant presider of local area performance, but is fired soon because his face does not look handsome. Thus, he loses a hope. Thanks to an ambitious producer's help, he becomes a top class actor in the show stage and attracts a lot of people who once looked down upon him in the past.

Three young people, tired of the restrictions placed upon them by adult society, run away to a deserted island to live as they see fit. Gangsters are also using the island, however, and the utopia the three had created is soon under attack.

"Groper Train" distributed by Okura Eiga.

This original video animation summarizes the entire TV series.

A love triangle between three very different people. Has interjections of anime, a child sized mannequin, and lots of strange goings on throughout. Hard to pinpoint exactly what it's all about.

A Taiwanese student film paying tribute to John Lennon's sudden death won the outstanding 8mm documentary award at the 1982 Golden Harvest Awards.

A mind-twisting video, meditating on the experience of watching film/video, and of seeing and being seen. Prodded by a succession of riddles, the videos are lined with humor

A group of close-knit friends rent a house together in the city, each pursuing their own dreams. While everyone else in the group seems to have smooth, enviable relationships, Somchai is the only one still single. One day, Somchai asks his friends to help him court Namfon, but their efforts lead to misunderstandings and cause tension among them. Somchai then decides he must talk to Namfon himself and resolve the situation before it’s too late.

Produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 1984. Director: Shu Shi, starring: Ma Lan/Huang Xinde/Wu Yaling/Zhang Hui. Performed by Anhui Huangmei Opera Troupe. "Dragon Girl" was originally named "Dragon Girl's Love", a mythological drama adapted from a folk story. In 1984, it was filmed by Shanghai Film Studio as a stage art film and renamed "Dragon Girl". The play added birthday celebrations in the Dragon Palace, medical diagnosis in the inner court, and interviews in the Golden Palace. The carp spirit in the play was renamed Black Shark General.

Dekao, a lonely whale, was swimming dejectedly in the ocean, desperately wanting a partner, when he met a very beautiful whale right in front of him. However, the whale that Dekao fell in love with was actually a submarine built by the Japanese Navy...

The 8mm documentary "Not Satisfied" (directed by Tatsuya Ota) follows the band Anarchy

Experimental work by Isao Yamada (Color, 8mm).

Mirrors are constantly being replaced on the walls that look like news and newspapers, but the characters reflected in the mirrors are always unsatisfactory..., the last mirror makes everything harmonious. The following truth is extremely disturbing, who is lying! Is it a mirror? Is it a human?

The spirit of a former leader who was killed during the construction of a new bell tower haunts a village.

Animated film by Kouji Nanke.

Making of Nobuhiko Obayashi's TV Program in 1980 called 「いい旅チャレンジ20,000km清水港線・旅の表情』

Documentary on the Caohai Lake of Guizhou Province, how it was destroyed in the past and restored later.

Two young salesmen spend their days selling learning materials. They walk and walk, but their performance doesn't improve, and they can't find a woman. In the meantime, one of them is attacked by a street thief and is seriously injured and loses his mind. This black-and-white film powerfully captures the sorrows of these men with a hodgepodge of action, slapstick, musicals and everything in between, backed by a riot of oldies, songs and commercials.