Jun'ichi Okuyama Movies

For some eight years, Kaneko Yu followed Japanese avant-garde director Okuyama Jun'ichi, observed him making and showing his films, and collecting...

"Jun'ichi Okuyama is a cinedoer." Jun'ichi Okuyama plays making a film from the material and accidents that gradually disrupt the natural recording...

The film runs like the scenery seen from the train. The images flow, then stop, it starts moving again. A man and a woman meet. Colorful carp...

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

The fate of heavy smokers. The era is the Taisho era. A young man, while warming myself by the fire heavy smoking. Then, his chest instantly turned...

Camera and film inter-relate: the camera is massaged by the film at 24 frames per second, the film is massaged by the camera.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

One of the early works of Japanese filmmaker Jun'ichi Okuyama.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

A 16mm wide film without perforations. I pull it by hand and send it off. If the speed is a little slow, you may slip. It melts from the heat of the...

Here is one of the most legendary films by Japanese filmmaker Jun'ichi Okuyama. Recently screened at the 2023 Image Forum Festival, it was quite an...

Sky and earth. The image begins to move slowly. The sound of water moving in and out of the distance. The image begins to fluctuate, while rotating,...

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama, premiered at the Image Forum Festival in 2013.

Short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun’ichi Okuyama.

After directing Kami eiga (Paper Movie in 1972, which used paper film), I ended up with a dead track with Kanko eiga (Sightseeing Movie of 1973)....