Movies

In his early experimental short Karma (カルマ, 1977), Aihara uses water as his central motif. The film is hand drawn and appears to...

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.

A colorful psychedelic animation developed by drawing motifs of each part of the ear and body.

An image of an Inari shrive, overlapped with the hands of a monk holding a symbol. The work’s shamanistic imagery and rapid speed are...

A psychedelic animation that starts with an irregular ink spread and develops while increasing the degree of confusion.

Ice/ink on white, then into black and red explosive figures, a finger appears.

An experiment concerning the attempts at creating a ‘moving image’ long before the invention of cinema. A re-experiencing of the history...

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.

A wordless short homage to the maestro of pittura metafisica.

An animated string held between two youths standing in various locations. The sound negative of this work has unfortunately been lost, and so it is...

A stop-motion animation of endlessly moving forward towards a quarry.

Animation of a large hand toying with a runner, and attempting to stab them with a needle.

An upbeat comical animated collage telling the story of a man attempting to fly with artificial wings.

By the maker of Yellow Night. Also an exercise in the storyless and meaningless description of a drawn journey through the subconscious....

'There is a fusuma (paper sliding door) work based on the Hannya Shingyo (Prajna-paramita Hrdaya Sutram) by woodblock print artist Shikou Munakata....

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.