Takahiko Iimura Movies

  • 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
  • 2002
    Un Ange Passe

    Un Ange Passe

    Un Ange Passe

    02002HD

    Experimental short by Keiji Aiuchi.

    Un Ange Passe
  • 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
  • 1966
    Honey Moon

    Honey Moon

    Honey Moon

    01966HD

    A touching portrait of his partner Akiko and the days following their wedding, Iimura's conceptual rigour loosens in favour of intimacy in Honey...

    Honey Moon
  • 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
  • 1976
    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    01976HD

    Camera, Monitor, Frame is the first installment of Takahiko Iimura's "Video Semiotics Triptych" (the other two works are Observer/Observed, made in...

    Camera, Monitor, Frame
  • 1977
    MA (Intervals)

    MA (Intervals)

    MA (Intervals)

    01977HD

    In the general classification, this was a complete abstract film and a kind of experimental movie as well, only black film, which blocks light, and...

    MA (Intervals)
  • 1978
    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

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    Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image...

    Four Shadows
  • 1969
    Filmmakers

    Filmmakers

    Filmmakers

    01969HD

    Iimura creates a short self-portrait as well as brief portraits of five of his peers: Brakhage, Vanderbeek, Smith, Mekas and Warhol. In each...

    Filmmakers
  • 1962
    On Eye Rape

    On Eye Rape

    On Eye Rape

    11962HD

    "The original film was rescued from a Tokyo trash bin. It is an American sexual education film in which plant and animal sex are explained. I,...

    On Eye Rape
  • 1984
    Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)

    Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)

    Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)

    01984HD

    A mind-twisting video, meditating on the experience of watching film/video, and of seeing and being seen. Prodded by a succession of riddles, the...

    Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)
  • 2008
    A Rock In The Light

    A Rock In The Light

    A Rock In The Light

    02008HD

    In “A Rock In The Light”, I requested the music of Haruyuki Suzuki, a contemporary composer. This music is unified with the image, which...

    A Rock In The Light
  • 1975
    24 Frames per Second

    24 Frames per Second

    24 Frames per Second

    01975HD

    This film, and in particular the function of sound within it will vary freely from moment to moment, viewer to viewer.

    24 Frames per Second
  • 1991
    Concept Tapes 2

    Concept Tapes 2

    Concept Tapes 2

    01991HD

    Concept Tapes 2
  • 1971
    The Pacific Ocean

    The Pacific Ocean

    The Pacific Ocean

    01971HD

    Shot on 8mm on the 12-day boat journey between Yokohama and San Francisco, Iimura's The Pacific Ocean consumes the anticipation and uncertainties of...

    The Pacific Ocean
  • 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)
  • 1978
    Sync Sound

    Sync Sound

    Sync Sound

    01978HD

    Using the system of academy leader: 10 to 1, the film replaces the number to white space with bip sound (clear leader) gradually until it reaches to...

    Sync Sound
  • 1964
    Inside & Outside

    Inside & Outside

    Inside & Outside

    01964HD

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

    Inside & Outside
  • 2023
    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

    02023HD

    In 1973 the Kino Arsenal – then in its Welserstraße location in Berlin-Schöneberg – showed a programme of videos by the...

    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973
  • 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