ASIFA-JAPAN
 
TarZAN

1990 - 6' Taku FURUKAWA

An animation essay inspired during the visit to Kenya.
Which is more like Africa: Tokyo or Kenya?
Treedom

1999 - 4'31" Dino SATO

In 1993, an Illustrator U.G. Sato published a series of posters named "Treedom". These posters expressed the present situation of GAIA through tree's anger, sadness and pleasure.

AN INSTANT

2003 - 3'28" Azuru ISSHIKI

"Things begin with 1, and return to 1". In 2003, during an animation event organized by Japan Animation Association, this silent film was first shown accompanied by the live music. Then the music was recorded to the film.

Home Alone

1996 - 4' Nozomi NAGASAKI

A Handmade Animated Cat! Stop and Look at Me for just 4 minutes! It's the first time for me to be all by myself at home. This Cat does not have a name yet, and nobody knows whether it is female or male. And it has two faces…

Laughing Moon

2000 - 6' Kiyoshi NISHIMOTO

An attempt to move tangram. Twelve pieces separated from a circle and a square combine together and shape into various figures.

Ski Jumping Pairs

2002 - 5'36" Riichiro MASHIMA

A new event for the Torino Olympigs 2006. This is a VTR of a Ski Jump Pair event. More distant, more beautiful, more dynamic. A brand new history begins for ski jumping.

A man who was seeing hellish bottom

1999 - 4' Toshio KINOSHITA

A man happens to see inside a trash basket with much surprise: there are wads of money. The man takes the money and into his pocket…Because of the offense, he is hit by a car and become a state of apparent death…

Pieces

2003 - 2'16" Koji YAMAMURA

Some short pieces of funny animations and phenakistiscope.

Affordance

2002 - 3'12" Hiroyuki OKUI

A man goes into the Affordance Room to create a work of the dice thrown. He put on an albatross hat, and started to puddle the clay as if he is posessed by something…

WIND

2000 - 5'20" Nobuhiro AIHARA

"Things begin with 1, and return to 1". In 2003, during an animation event organized by Japan Animation Association, this silent film was first shown accompanied by the live music. Then the music was recorded to the film.

KAPPA

1999 - 12'38" Tatsuo SHIMAMURA

In the 20th century, Japan has become a highly industrialized country. Reclaimed lakes, rivers with concreted banks, large quantities of chemicals for the fields. Fish, insects, birds and animals lost their home. So did Kappa.

AU FOU!

1967 - 10' Yoji KURI

An omnibus film consisted of Kuri's ultra-short animations, depicting man's distressful nature.

MADE IN JAPAN

1972 - 9' Renzo KINOSHITA

A short film parodying the commercialism of Japan. In a small room, there is a typical Japanese man sitting. Into this room, various characters enter one after another…

 

 

 

 

 
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