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Documentary on the potter Arakawa Toyozo

Hanuman, who is the God-King of the apes, was one of major characters who fought with Rama [Phra Ram] against the Devil King Ravana [Totsapak]

Kudaka Island in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture, has long been known as an island of the gods. Around thirty religious rites are woven into the life of the island each year, and they are still solemnly preserved and passed down by the islanders today. The greatest of these rituals is the “Izaihō,” held once every twelve years in the Year of the Horse. “Izaihō” is a sacred rite in which women between the ages of 30 and 41, born and raised on the island, become priestesses or divine women. Centered around a four-day main ceremony, the ritual unfolds over the course of more than a month. The women of the island, led by the noro priestesses, formed a religious order that protected the men and the daily life of the community. This is a documentary record of the 1966 “Izaihō.”

Two soldiers escape from a thunderous battlefield, drifting to a deserted island where they are rescued by a woman. Upon the island, the trio reveal primal desires and savage humanity. The uncivilised setting served as one method of justifying nudity in films of the era, while the castaway trope represented a localised adaptation of prevailing international cinematic trends. The extant version of this film bears the title _Woman Fights to the Death for Love_.

Pink film directed by Shinya Yamamoto.

The film was adapted from "Lian suo" the novel from the famous collection of short tales "Liao Zhai Zhi Yi" or "Strange tales collection".

Propaganda documentary on landlord Liu Wencai, depicted as the archetype of the exploiter of peasant farmers.

Movie-installation by graphic-designer AQUIRAX UNO.

Raw material spliced ​​into projection film, paper, leaves, vinyl, 6mm audio tape. Depending on hair, etc. the film breaks during projection. The film gets shorter with each projection, the author wrote this {Disappearance Movie} and named it.

Jonouchi, who documented various artists’ performances and events, turned the camera onto himself cutting his hair. Using the experimental methods Jonouchi incorporated in his past works, he painted a private space and time by way of portrayal of his own body.

Puppet Film. The film exposes imperialism's sinister scheme of feigning peace while secretly preparing for war by depicting its opposition to the dove of peace.

Early 8mm filmwork by Masanobu Nakamura.

A documentary of an avant-garde theatre performance, presents an orgiastic rite of sex, degradation, and bloody sacrifice, performed by Zero-Jigen.

Based on the live puppet show "The Adventures of Peter Rabbit" that was airing at the time.

One of the early works of Japanese filmmaker Jun'ichi Okuyama.

If Richie’s films were an American’s insight into Japan, Oe’s six-screen projection piece Great Society takes the intercultural dialogue back full circle onto the U.S., where he accumulated a compilation of American news footage and avant-garde imagery into a hybrid mesh to express distrust in singular point of views. A project commissioned by CBS, the six screens presented interact, mirror and fissure against one another, emanating an aura of vibrancy and confusion that was internationally a characteristic of the decade.

A naked man crawls around a basement alone, listening to his own voice recorded on tape. "There is nothing to say... almost nothing." Drawing inspiration from Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape," introspective thoughts are transformed into vivid images.

Part of the Chinese Historical Ethnographic Film Series (1957-1966)

The history of the construction of the Kurobe Dam in Japan.

A group, they didn't know of 'landscape theory'

Based on Yan Wenjing's "Song of Little Streams." A young girl's long blue dress floats in dance for a while, then melts into the water and turns into a stream. Its name is Little Stream.

On the sandy shore at Yehliu, a headless human figure is beached and beaten by the waves. As the figure rolls along the sand, it takes on a variety of sculpture-like poses in the endless space where sea and sky seem to join as one. The human-like figure flickers in and out of view between the waves, until her arms stretch out from the vast emptiness and are cleansed.

A Taiwanese language film

A short film satirizing consumerism.

Document of butoh dancer Hijikata Tatsumi's work "Rebellion of the Body".

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

Accumulated in cardboard, a pile of unused negative film, snapshots, student ID photos, etc. These were all shot for purposes completely unrelated to film. When I decided to "get rid of it," I had an idea. A discontinuous sequence, film that does not have the frames of a normal movie. What happens if you film it? I couldn't sit still any longer. Then, I diligently pieced together these short negatives, it was compiled into a film. In other words, it is a work that uses waste materials. To add some flavor, additional photography was done with a half-size camera.

short film by Matsumoto Shoji

This is the first work that marks the construction record of the Kasumigaseki Building, Japan's first skyscraper building. We will introduce the construction plans for the Kasumigaseki Building and safety measures for skyscrapers.

1964 Taiwanese drama. Winner of the Golden Horse Grant and Best Child Actor at the 3rd Golden Horse Awards.

Semi-animated adaptation of the manga Screw Style.

Music video for the song Awate Tokoya by Bonny Jacks that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.

Movie-installation by graphic-designer AQUIRAX UNO.

A taiyupian comedy. People argue and make up, and sometimes one's bad luck might be another's fortune.

In Shadow (1968), Rikuro Miyai projects two films of his own shadow walking outdoors side-by-side—one positive, one negative—each a reflection of the other.

This film is a product not of the China of today, but of Red China's Cultural Revolutionary era: a period when the most radical and histrionic thinking strove to turn China's immense population into martyrs for Chairman Mao's ideals. This film, whose original title translates to "The Great Advancement of Mao Tse-Tung's Thinking," was captured by American intelligence in the mid 1960's (who provide the simultaneous translation on the soundtrack). It must have scared the hell out of them, for the film shows Chinese soldiers engaged in strenuous training for post-nuclear attack. The great lie of this film - from the Chinese leaders to their own people - is that the radioactive fallout from a nuclear blast will not kill them. In the film's most haunting scene, we see a Chinese cavalry charge in the Gobi desert into the aftermath of an above-ground nuclear explosion. Both rider and horse are wearing gas-masks! A harrowing look at the unbending will of fanaticism.