Toshio Matsumoto Movies
- 1986
1986 Summer
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A previously unseen short by the Japanese avant-garde titan, Toshio Matsumoto's 1986 Summer locates faces and bodies within superimpositions, zooms,...
- 1975
Murder Catalogue
Murder Catalogue01975HD
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....
- 1963
Nichiray a la carte
Nichiray a la carte01963HD
Nippon Rayon has produced clothing of assorted colors, designs, and materials. Their nylon products are not limited to fashion but extend to all...
- 1957
Caisson
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The film is a promotional film, recording the construction of a pressurized lockbox at the Hachinohe power plant in Aomori. Matsumoto's official...
- 2018
The Devil In Mary
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A paranoid girl is haunted by the frightening manifestations of her hypnophobia. She is at odds with the waking world as she attempts to get away...
- 1981
Connection
Connection6.41981HD
In Connection, a static shot of the sky with moving clouds is subdivided into regular geometrical regions, which are then individually (and...
- 1959
300 Ton Trailer
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A short documentary about a trailer weighing over 300 tons that carries material for the construction of a dam toward Tokyo.
- 1975
Everything Visible Is Empty
Everything Visible Is Empty7.81975HD
There's more to picture than meets the eye in this journey into oriental metaphysical imagery. Starting (in a very Christian manner) with the Word,...
- 1975
A Girl
A Girl01975HD
- 1982
Relation
Relation6.61982HD
In Relation, the focus of the viewer’s attention is guided by pointers moving through the screen.
- 1980
Ki or Breathing
Ki or Breathing7.31980HD
'Ki or Breathing' is a spare concoction assembled from slow motion shots of nature and set to a score by the much-acclaimed Tohru Takemitsu.
- 1984
Vibration
Vibration01984HD
"A flicker film made using only intense shock-zooms, Vibration is one of a series of films Matsumoto made in the 1980s that explored proprioception...
- 2003
Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto
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Toshio Matsumoto articulates his perspective on the creation of Dogra Magra, presented in the supplementary section of the Radiance DVD release.