Takahiko Iimura Movies

  • 1970
    Ukiyo Ukare

    Ukiyo Ukare

    Ukiyo Ukare

    01970HD

    UKIYO UKARE present details from the shunga, pornographic wood-block prints of Harunobu, Utamaro, and others

    Ukiyo Ukare
  • 1969
    Flowers

    Flowers

    Flowers

    01969HD

    While I was staying in New York in the 1960s during the rise of the hippie movement, I filmed performances of body painting by the artist, Kusama...

    Flowers
  • 1971
    Man and Woman

    Man and Woman

    Man and Woman

    01971HD

    MAN AND WOMAN shows full body shots of a naked man and woman shot from above without movement. They are shown alone as well as together, one over (or...

    Man and Woman
  • 1966
    I Saw the Shadow

    I Saw the Shadow

    I Saw the Shadow

    01966HD

    A precedent to Iimura's video work where he becomes his own subject, I Saw the Shadow sees Iimura follow his own shadow in and out of vision as he...

    I Saw the Shadow
  • 1987
    Double Portrait

    Double Portrait

    Double Portrait

    01987HD

    "Double Portrait" and "I Love You" are a paired piece with Akiko Iimura. Both Iimuras play individually as well as a unit. In "Double Portrait" they...

    Double Portrait
  • 1967
    Shelter 9999

    Shelter 9999

    Shelter 9999

    01967HD

    In the context of the Cold War, use of the word “shelter” was common. However, it surprised Iimura when he started to live in New York in...

    Shelter 9999
  • 1966
    Why Don't You Sneeze

    Why Don't You Sneeze

    Why Don't You Sneeze

    01966HD

    labeled in the CCJ as "Why Not Sneeze?", this film has been described as blatantly inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s ANEMIC CINEMA.

    Why Don't You Sneeze
  • 1964
    My Documentary

    My Documentary

    My Documentary

    01964HD

    Short film for the "A Commercial for Myself" programme.

    My Documentary
  • 1973
    1 To 60 Seconds

    1 To 60 Seconds

    1 To 60 Seconds

    01973HD

    "In 1 to 60 Seconds Iimura does an extraordinary thing: he abstracts time from any concrete associations, seems to put it on the screen and there you...

    1 To 60 Seconds
  • 1970
    Blinking

    Blinking

    Blinking

    01970HD

    One of the earliest minimalist video with flicker effects was produced in Tokyo in early 1970s. A flickering video with eyes, which super-impose the...

    Blinking
  • 1970
    Kiri (The Fog)

    Kiri (The Fog)

    Kiri (The Fog)

    01970HD

    "Shot on 8mm on a mountain in Japan, the abrasive winds that drift the fog in Iimura's Kiri are so fierce we almost believe it to have grazed the...

    Kiri (The Fog)
  • 1963
    Sakasama (Upside Down)

    Sakasama (Upside Down)

    Sakasama (Upside Down)

    01963HD

    Filmed turning the camera upside down, and without looking through the viewfinder, this experimental short features fragmented scenes of people, a...

    Sakasama (Upside Down)
  • 1985
    John Cage Performs James Joyce

    John Cage Performs James Joyce

    John Cage Performs James Joyce

    01985HD

    A voice performance by John Cage who "reads", "vocalizes" and "whispers" in three different manners his artificial language taken from "Finnegens...

    John Cage Performs James Joyce
  • 1989
    MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji

    MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji

    MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji

    01989HD

    The early sixteenth-century Japanese garden in the Zen temple of Ryoan-ji, in Kyoto, is considered a masterpiece of the karesansui or "dry landscape"...

    MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji
  • 2004
    Ma: The Stones Haved Moved

    Ma: The Stones Haved Moved

    Ma: The Stones Haved Moved

    02004HD

    An animation film in which the outline of the image of a stone garden was traced on computer. As the result while the camera-crews moved in...

    Ma: The Stones Haved Moved
  • 1964
    Dead Movie

    Dead Movie

    Dead Movie

    11964HD

    Film installation by Japanese experimental filmmaker Takahiko Iimura.

    Dead Movie
  • 1963
    Desade

    Desade

    Desade

    01963HD

    From the collector of Marquis de Sade in the early 1960s, still a 'dark age ' of erotic picture, even his novels were forbidden to publish in Tokyo,...

    Desade
  • 1977
    Visual Logic (and Illogic)

    Visual Logic (and Illogic)

    Visual Logic (and Illogic)

    01977HD

    Demonstrates the visual logic (and illogic) of sign combining with limited movements of camera for panning and zooming.

    Visual Logic (and Illogic)
  • 1995
    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

    01995HD

    "This Is a Camera Which Shoots This" and "As I See You You See Me" are both set up facing two cameras and monitors and the performer walks between...

    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This
  • 1972
    Timed 1, 2, 3

    Timed 1, 2, 3

    Timed 1, 2, 3

    01972HD

    Visually, each section of the film is composed of 10-second spans of clear and dark leader, arranged in a progressive fashion so that at first there...

    Timed 1, 2, 3