Japanese Experimental Film Series – Animation, Structure, and Formal Play (Program 2)

This series of Japanese experimental films, organized in conjunction with a visit to Yale by Japanese film scholar and experimental filmmaker Donald Richie, is divided into three thematically-organized programs. Each program is made up of a group of 5-10 historically and artistically significant short films, arranged chronologically and shown in their original formats. Taken together, they demonstrate the richness and diversity of Japanese experimental cinema over the past 50 years.

X (Batsu, Shuntaro Tanikawa and Toru Takemitsu (1960, 15 minutes)
Musashino (Yoiichi Takabayshi, 1963, 15 minutes)
An Eater (Kazamoto Fujino, 1963, 20 minutes)
Human Zoo (Yoji Kuri, 1963, 5 minutes)
Illusionary City (Tatsuo Shimamura, 1967, 6 minutes)
Wind (Nobuhiro Aihara, 1994, 7 minutes)
WHY (Keiichi Tanaami, 1975, 11 minutes)
Atman (Toshio Matsumoto, 1975, 11 minutes)
Le Cinema (Junichi Okayama, 1975, 5 minutes)
Time (Sakumi Hagiwara, 1970, 13 minutes)
Xenogenese (Morishita Akihiko, 1981, 7 minutes)
Ultramint (Hirose Tadashi, 1980, 10 minutes) Total running time: 125 minutes