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Japan

61–80 of 94 films

  • mekakure

    2019 16+ 6 min

    by Akifumi Nonaka

    Shun regretted this. He still can’t understand why he was playing with these four who are not really friends, nor actually people he likes. The unbearable heat and the heavy atmosphere at the shrine deepen Shun’s depression.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Maternal Awakening

    2021 16+ 5 min

    by Shiika Okada

    I was heading to junior high school one day when my maternal instincts suddenly kicked in. After being held hostage to those urges for a decade, I started to wonder if this feeling was really about motherliness. Virgin birth, genes, pregnancy… I journey through 10 years in search of the maternal.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Experimental
  • Look at Me Only

    2016 16+ 7 min

    by Tomoki Misato

    Having forgotten exciting feelings of the early days of the relationship, the man drifts along petting his guinea pig. One day he meets a beauty of flower who appreciates the pet.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Romance
  • L’envol

    2015 16+ 4 min

    by Hajime Kimura

    The bird in its cage dreams about clouds. This unique film made by the japanese director Hajime Kimura is composed of 2400 images created one by one with Photoshop only using the penbrush tool that gives a blurry hand-painted aesthetic.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Kuchiroro: Umi

    2009 Adults 2 min

    by Yoriko Mizushiri

    An animated video for the song “Umi” by Kuchiroro, from the album Everyday Is a Symphony.

  • Jungle Taxi

    2016 Adults 8 min

    by Hakhyun Kim

    The taxi driver picks up an unwelcome fare in the jungle. He does as he is told and takes his customer to fetch the man close to death on the beach. Arrived at the destination, the cabbie reaches inside his jacket for a gun.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Jam

    2009 16+ 3 min

    by Mirai Mizue

    This film is based on a very simple idea: the increasingly varied the sounds, the greater is the number of creatures.

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • by Iku Ogawa

    One day a letter takes a blood-sausage to his friend, liver-sausage. So, he went…

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Hips Play

    2005 Adults 5 min

    by Yoriko Mizushiri

    The first animation work in which hips and fingers move as if they were playing.

  • Gals

    2018 16+ 2 min

    by Caori Murata

    Reminiscing about the days I spent with an old friend, facing up to the narrow but deep gap that lies between us.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Futon

    2012 Adults 6 min

    by Yoriko Mizushiri

    Wrapped in a futon… Memories are coming up to the mind, the future is imagined, senses are recaptured, physical feelings as a woman are deeply ingrained… Everything melts pleasantly together. In the futon, the body wanders seeking for this sense.

    • Drama
    • Music Videos
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Dustcell: Inside

    2021 16+ 3 min

    by Ryoji Yamada

    An official music video for Inside by DUSTCELL.

    • Music Videos
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Dozens of Norths

    2021 Adults 64 min

    by Kōji Yamamura

    Here, everything is The North. This is an account of the people I met in The North. However, my fragmented memory doesn’t capture the essence at all.

  • Don’t Tell Mum

    2015 Adults 3 min

    by Sawako Kabuki

    A nocturnal education film, designed to help children develop their emotions and expressions as well as language and physical skills by enjoying singing and exercising with a big brother.

    • Comedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Musical
    • Non-narrative
  • Don’t tell mom

    2017 Adults 3 min

    by Sawako Kabuki

    A naughty musical sexual education short for siblings.

    • Comedy
    • Musical
    • Experimental
  • Claypet

    2019 4+ 2 min

    by Yasuko Abe

    I wanted a small pet to keep on the desk. So I realized that with clay animation.

    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
  • Chromosome Sweetheart

    2017 16+ 5 min

    by Honami Yano

    An ex-couple in a café, a girl sucking on her girlfriend’s hair, a running woman, a fleeing town, a little girl walking along the river. In this world, there are as many forms of love as there are people.

    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Experimental