Takahiko Iimura Movies

  • 1995
    As I See You You See Me

    As I See You You See Me

    As I See You You See Me

    01995HD

    "This Is A Camera Which Shoots This" and "As I See You You See Me" are both set up facing two cameras and monitors and the performer walks between...

    As I See You You See Me
  • 1989
    Monet Garden Synthesized

    Monet Garden Synthesized

    Monet Garden Synthesized

    01989HD

    Film by Takahiko Iimura

    Monet Garden Synthesized
  • 1966
    I Saw the Shadow

    I Saw the Shadow

    I Saw the Shadow

    01966HD

    A precedent to Iimura's video work where he becomes his own subject, I Saw the Shadow sees Iimura follow his own shadow in and out of vision as he...

    I Saw the Shadow
  • 1985
    Air's Rock

    Air's Rock

    Air's Rock

    01985HD

    A portmanteau of two films about Uluru (then known as Ayres Rock). "A huge isolated rock in the midst of desert in Australia: Ayers Rock. I produced...

    Air's Rock
  • 1964
    Inside & Outside

    Inside & Outside

    Inside & Outside

    01964HD

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

    Inside & Outside
  • 1971
    Man and Woman

    Man and Woman

    Man and Woman

    01971HD

    MAN AND WOMAN shows full body shots of a naked man and woman shot from above without movement. They are shown alone as well as together, one over (or...

    Man and Woman
  • 1995
    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

    01995HD

    "This Is a Camera Which Shoots This" and "As I See You You See Me" are both set up facing two cameras and monitors and the performer walks between...

    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This
  • 1970
    Film Strips II

    Film Strips II

    Film Strips II

    01970HD

    When I came to the USA in the mid 1960s, it was the high point of the Hippie movement and the black riots. I lived in the East village in New York,...

    Film Strips II
  • 1989
    Scared to Death

    Scared to Death

    Scared to Death

    01989HD

    An image synthesized version of Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans, in which many colorized images flow slowly left to right as the parade of the...

    Scared to Death
  • 1970
    Film Strips I

    Film Strips I

    Film Strips I

    01970HD

    When I came to the USA in the mid 1960s, it was the high point of the Hippie movement and the black riots. I lived in the East village in New York,...

    Film Strips I
  • 2002
    Un Ange Passe

    Un Ange Passe

    Un Ange Passe

    02002HD

    Experimental short by Keiji Aiuchi.

    Un Ange Passe
  • 1987
    I Love You

    I Love You

    I Love You

    01987HD

    “Double Portrait” and “I Love You” are a paired piece with Akiko Iimura. Both Iimuras play individually as well as a unit. In...

    I Love You
  • 1978
    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    71978HD

    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
  • 1965
    Rose Color Dance

    Rose Color Dance

    Rose Color Dance

    101965HD

    A document of Tatsumi Hijikata's Butoh dance with Kazuo Ohno as the guest dancer shot in Hijikata's early period when he was emerging as the...

    Rose Color Dance
  • 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
  • 1984
    New York Hot Springs

    New York Hot Springs

    New York Hot Springs

    01984HD

    ‘New York Hot Springs’ (1984) is scenes of steam coming out of many streets of New York, a typical scene in winter, in repeated cycles of...

    New York Hot Springs
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 1972
    Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X's

    Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X's

    Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X's

    01972HD

    Models, Reel 2 (B-1~4) consists of four works and is dealt with, different from Reel 1, symbol/words, and the logic in film. First "Counting 1 to 100...

    Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X's
  • 1966
    Why Don't You Sneeze

    Why Don't You Sneeze

    Why Don't You Sneeze

    01966HD

    labeled in the CCJ as "Why Not Sneeze?", this film has been described as blatantly inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s ANEMIC CINEMA.

    Why Don't You Sneeze