Toshio Matsumoto Movies

  • 1968
    For My Crushed Right Eye

    For My Crushed Right Eye

    For My Crushed Right Eye

    7.51968HD

    Two chaotic series of images, one for each eye. Hipster living, malformed fetuses, war, arts events and pop culture stands for the material.

    For My Crushed Right Eye
  • 2012
    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

    02012HD

    Matsumoto's last video was produced by Sano Gallery. Matsumoto set the common theme as “Seeing” in 2009, six co-writers participated to...

    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change
  • 1970
    Space Projection Ako

    Space Projection Ako

    Space Projection Ako

    01970HD

    Experimental film by Toshio Matsumoto created for the 1970 world's fair, Expo '70 in Osaka. The film was made up of multiple projections onto the...

    Space Projection Ako
  • 1972
    Autonomy

    Autonomy

    Autonomy

    01972HD

    Autonomy
  • 1963
    Nichiray a la carte

    Nichiray a la carte

    Nichiray a la carte

    01963HD

    Nippon Rayon has produced clothing of assorted colors, designs, and materials. Their nylon products are not limited to fashion but extend to all...

    Nichiray a la carte
  • 1962
    I'm Nylon

    I'm Nylon

    I'm Nylon

    01962HD

    I'm Nylon
  • 1957
    Caisson

    Caisson

    Caisson

    01957HD

    The film is a promotional film, recording the construction of a pressurized lockbox at the Hachinohe power plant in Aomori. Matsumoto's official...

    Caisson
  • 1974
    Fly

    Fly

    Fly

    01974HD

    Fly
  • 1975
    Murder Catalogue

    Murder Catalogue

    Murder Catalogue

    01975HD

    Matsumoto's early video work Murder Catalogue, but there were few opportunities to be screened at that time since it dealt with a grotesque image....

    Murder Catalogue
  • 1985
    Sway

    Sway

    Sway

    7.251985HD

    Pictures from a Buddhist temple cut up and manipulated.

    Sway
  • 1980
    Kimoto

    Kimoto

    Kimoto

    01980HD

    Format: 16 mm standard; Color; Sound; 30 min 10 sec Sponsor: Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association

    Kimoto
  • 1964
    Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo

    Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo

    Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo

    01964HD

    A documentary focusing on the things and animals necessary for the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964.

    Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo
  • 1992
    Dissimulation

    Dissimulation

    Dissimulation

    01992HD

    Dissimulation
  • 1984
    Wave

    Wave

    Wave

    01984HD

    Wave
  • 1981
    Connection

    Connection

    Connection

    6.41981HD

    In Connection, a static shot of the sky with moving clouds is subdivided into regular geometrical regions, which are then individually (and...

    Connection
  • 1982
    Shift

    Shift

    Shift

    7.31982HD

    By cutting up and zoom in on images of facades creates Matsumoto visual effects.

    Shift
  • 1975
    A Girl

    A Girl

    A Girl

    01975HD

    A Girl
  • 1986
    1986 Summer

    1986 Summer

    1986 Summer

    01986HD

    A previously unseen short by the Japanese avant-garde titan, Toshio Matsumoto's 1986 Summer locates faces and bodies within superimpositions, zooms,...

    1986 Summer
  • 1990
    Old/New

    Old/New

    Old/New

    01990HD

    Toshio Matsumoto's video on decommunization in Eastern Europe.

    Old/New
  • 1959
    300 Ton Trailer

    300 Ton Trailer

    300 Ton Trailer

    01959HD

    A short documentary about a trailer weighing over 300 tons that carries material for the construction of a dam toward Tokyo.

    300 Ton Trailer