UMMMI. Movies

Hikari is a newly expectant mother cohabiting with her boyfriend Taro. However, their relationship seems to be on the rocks. The couple has had...

A film inspired by Italian author Cesare Pavese’s novel called The Beautiful Summer

"A couple with some issues has just moved into the town. Driving through the town, they saw many “weird” people from a car window. They...

Former gangsters, former homeless people, abuse victims, people struggling with the meaning of life... these hurt and lovable "sinners" gather at a...

Short by UMMMI.

"Ummmi’s Lonely Girl features a young Shibuya girl, sometimes she messes things up, sometimes she is sad or depressed but she lives her life...

Video installation by UMMMI.

In a dystopian Japan, scientists have developed a new pill hailed as the ultimate forget-me-not. Although the miracle drug transforms society by...

Video installation by UMMMI.

"Whilst staying for 3 months in New York City in 2014, I noticed that the city had a unique presence of psychic stores. Seeing their signs on the...

Short film by UMMMI.

"This work takes the form of a private home video, left unseen, which probes the relationship between love and suicide. Hinging upon Goethe’s...

Footage from a party. The Smiths' song "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is sung by the partygoers.

"Janitor of Lunacy follows a young woman’s descent into a digital wormhole via her obsession with a BDSM account run by an unknown user. The...

"One day when surfing through the internet, a young women discovers an old blog from several years ago. She attempts to delete it but cannot remember...

"This experimental melodrama follows Hikari, and her boyfriend Taro’s visit to his family home. While there Hikari forms an unexpected...

I encountered Rinsaga randomly while travelling in Japan. When we met, he’d just got out of jail after being inside for two years. He told me...

"I made this video because my grandmother had erotomania. Erotomania is a type of schizophrenia where the sufferer can’t distinguish between...

Short by UMMMI.

Night after night, two travellers cross paths at a university library. The library's symmetry, rhythms and recurrences form a fantastic geography for...