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Short film that is part of a series of 6 films that Nobuhiro Kawanaka made between 1987 and 1992.

This is an animated work created using sand. We built our own multi-plane shooting table and adjusted the transmitted and reflected light using a lighting controller. This was done to blend the differences in the texture of the sand expressed by the lighting. Additionally, we utilized the sand's unpredictable nature - how it disappears without notice and reappears when touched - to create accidental images by vibrating the sand around the platform where it was placed. These images included motifs of human conversation, living creatures, life, the afterlife, and the universe. We moved these images through metamorphosis, like a game of word association.

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

16mm experimental film by Masanobu Nakamura.

8mm film directed by Teruo Koike

An attempt to confuse the relationship between the film's material surface and the images recorded on it. As a man continues to walk in circle, where three scratches are made on the film. Xenogenese is a biological term meaning heterogenesis.

This is a small piece that I shot with a Fujica P300 equipped with an auto fader, repeating the fading in and out on the light and shadow in a room at a regular rhythm.

Animated film by Kouji Nanke.

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

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

The second drawing animation I made when I was a student at Musashino Art University.

Short film by Itaru Kato

8mm film made in 1984 by the Bunkyo University Film Research Club.

This anthology film presents five different portraits of love: * A couple whose relationship has grown stale, and the surprisingly trivial reason behind their sudden breakup. * A woman who constantly berates a man while continuing to rely on and benefit from his success. * A man with remarkable persistence (or stubbornness?) who keeps proposing to the same woman no matter how many times she rejects him. * A man whose love for his girlfriend becomes so intense that he begins wearing her clothes in an attempt to become her. * A man who is reluctantly introduced to a woman who is completely not his type, only to find himself gradually drawn into her world and swept along at her pace.

This film portrays the utterly ordinary daily life of a male student. Despite being a short film, it is astonishingly boring, showcasing Kondo's distinctive style in full force.

Yamagata and Hikaru are two foolish college buddies who love drinking parties. Today, they are supposed to be seriously studying at Yamagata’s house in order to pass their Introduction to Education course. But Hikaru has no intention of studying from the very beginning.

A promotional VHS starring Keiko Hirota.

Experimental film by Yosuke Okawado.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

A study using images of magical icons and home-developed film to create the image of moth scales dancing at night.

This is a study for an image video that depicts the pregnancy and childbirth of an innocent maiden, as well as the joy, disgust, and rejection that come with it, inspired by the Virgin Mary who became pregnant while still a virgin.

Bunkyo University Film Study Club 1986 8mm Film Production.

In this work, Sekine steps into a deep forest in Tama Lake and shoots a strange copse he finds there in single frames. Through camerawork that moves in all directions (it could be called "body action to the camera"), he attempts to existentially observe the invisible vibrations and rhythms of life itself.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

This formal study is based on a series of postcards of pre-war Tokyo. The artist fuses these images of the past with the same scenes that appear today in an evocative and lyrical way.

Mecha action in space.

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Parapsychologist and magician Mr Maric visits Bali and exorcises a demon from a young girl.

In this work, the Lumière-like technique of photographic reproduction of reality is combined with the animation-like technique of photographing each frame while shifting it to make non-moving objects look like they are moving. However, if there is a slight difference from what we normally think of animation, it is that the person being animated is a human being who can move by himself.

Actress and former Showa era idol Tomomi Nishimura - おしゃべりメイキング - Japanese VHS

"I pointed the camera at the trees and bushes in my lodgings' garden. I just wanted to keep watching them." VTR/sound

Mahjong hell" is a common occurrence for university students. One night, a young man who spends all his time playing mahjong and neglects his studies goes to a phone box to call his parents, only to be attacked by a terrifying ghost. A mixture of horror film and slapstick comedy, this is a cautionary tale for all lazy students. The last act of "Father", who makes a grand entrance in the film, brings tears to the eyes.

A certain part of ourselves that we cannot see, represented by the "back of the front", is the key to understanding ourselves. To eat, to excrete, to reproduce... what is the meaning of life? Often, when we lose sight of this, we become ghosts with substance, wandering the streets. A familiar nursery rhyme melody, a door that suddenly appears in a river or in the grass, an Okinawan woman. An anthology of images using experimental techniques such as multiple exposures and elaborate filter work.

MAD Video mondo film exploring the Nazi death camps.

This 1982 image was based on the Italian comic book "Altri Mondi" by Andrea Romoli. This is a six-minute pilot for the series "Spaceship Sagittarius".

8mm work from the 5th Pia Film Festival.

Last year, my grandfather died. The film begins with the words "Last year, my grandfather died," and the filmmaker turns his attention to his grandmother, who is left behind. She says she could die at any time, but she lives on. The artist's fingers crawl over the grandmother's face, caressing the wrinkles. Her mother supports her as she gives her a bath. The artist, who says that one cannot avoid one's own blood or family when thinking about oneself, tries to question one's own existence by looking at the grandmother.

Early short animation by Koji Yamamura.

Pink film by Satoru Kobayashi.

In a gentle adaptation of Megume Nagata's book Flowers Wait for the Moon, a girl grows up, falls in love, and becomes a mother, realizing that her childhood is now forever behind her.

Showcasing a meditative exploration of untouched natural scenery. Without dialogue or traditional narrative, the 22-minute film presents a series of static, meticulously framed shots that capture the fleeting beauty of pristine landscapes. Created during a time of rapid industrial growth in Japan, the film serves as both a celebration of nature’s purity and a quiet protest against its encroachment by modernity. Shot on 16mm film, Nakamura embraced imperfections like grain and natural lighting to reflect the fragility and authenticity of his subject.

1985 film

This audacious comedy (or perhaps superhero film?) was shot on the day of the actual university entrance ceremony, partly as a way of promoting the Film Research Club. Within the club itself, reactions were sharply divided between those who loved it and those who were simply dumbfounded, making it one of the group’s more controversial productions.

Experimental short by Visual Brainds.

Bunkyo University Film Research Club 1983 8mm Film Production.

8mm film work from 1980 by the Film Studies Department of Bunkyō University. One sunny and gentle day, as I was dozing off by the riverside, I saw a strange dream in which everything in the world began to flow backwards. No that’s not right. This isn’t a dream at all! I have to find the cause behind this! And then I realized: it is I myself, sleeping now by the riverbank, who is creating this distorted world! The title “7’21”” seems to represent the actual running time of the film. (In reality, it is a little shorter.) It was intentionally created as a silent work, effectively using the absence of sound, appealing solely to visual perception, and thereby leading the viewer into a mysterious and extraordinary world they could never experience in everyday life.

A follow-up to the same studio's Helen Keller anime, A Little Love Letter kept the handicapped theme but focused on a wholly Japanese story. During the 1970s, actress Mariko Miyagi became heavily involved in the Silk Tree Academy (Nemunoki Gakuen), a rehabilitation center for disabled children. She appeared in several live-action films to promote the project, including The Silk Tree Ballad, Mariko-Mother, and Children Drawing Rainbows. This anime charts the 14-year period of Miyagi's stewardship of the academy and her relationships with several of the children. Divided into four seasonal chapters, the film uses highly realistic character designs based on the actual people involved and features storyboarding from versatile Battle Spaceship Yamato director Noboru Ishiguro.