Anma (The Massure)
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About
"Anma (The Masseur)" by the Butoh dance creator and a legendary figure, Tatsumi Hijikata, is a classic piece of Butoh of Japan. Butoh, an original style of modern dance in Japan, had begun with his performance. The film was realized not only as a dance document but also as a Cine-Dance, a performance with a camera. The filmmaker "performed" himself with a camera among the dancers on the stage in front of the audience. Also with a duet by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, the main characters of Butoh, this film had a rare appearance of them in Butoh history. "(Through this film,) it became clear that the Black Butoh Dance created by Tatsumi Hijikata is closer to the neo-dada movement taking over the provocative, cynical and absurd forms rather than the German expressionist dance usually connected." – Nicolas Villodre, curator of Cinematheque Francaise, Paris Collection of Lincoln Center, Performing Arts, New York
Films
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Early Film Poems
Takahiko Iimurasound, 44 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Ai (Love)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Iro (Colors)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Kuzu (Junk)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
On Eye Rape
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Screen Play
Takahiko Iimuracolor, sound, 10 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Desade
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Sakasama (Upside Down)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Rose Color Dance
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Onan
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
A Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput No. 1
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 14 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Eye For Eye, Ear for Ear
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 25 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
I Saw the Shadow
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Taka and Ako
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Experiments in New York
Takahiko IimuraDVD, color and b/w, sound, 29 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Writing With Light: White Calligraphy
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, soundRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
White Calligraphy
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 18.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
New York Scene
Takahiko Iimura16mm, silent, 35 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Summer, Happenings, U. S. A.
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 28 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Face
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 20.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
For Filmic Meditation
Takahiko Iimuracolor and b/w, sound, 42 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Filmmakers
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 30 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC, VHS NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Film Strips II
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Buddha Again (a. k. a. Cosmic Buddha)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 16.25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
A Chair & Blinking
Takahiko IimuraDVD (NTSC), black and white, sound, 8 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Kiri (Fog)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Film Strips I
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Takahiko IimuraDVD, color, sound, 18 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Shutter
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Pacific Ocean
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, silent, 30 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
In The River
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 19.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Performance/Myself (Or Video Identity)
Takahiko Iimuracolor and b/w, sound, 29 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
On Duration in Film
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 39 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Models: A-3: Time Length 1,2,3,4
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 12 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Models: B-4: Seeing, Not Seeing
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 4 minRental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Models: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Japanese Experimental Films - 1970s
Takahiko Iimuracolor and b/w, sound, 64 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Models: A-4: Timed 1,2,3
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 7.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X's
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 9.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the Frame
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 9 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
1 To 60 Seconds
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 30.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
+ & - (Plus and Minus)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 26 min - Read More
Parallel
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On Time In Film/DVD
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 33 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
24 Frames Per Second (Revised)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 12 min - Read MoreExperimental
24 Frames Per Second
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 10.5 min