Nobuhiro Aihara Movies

A collaborative film between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara with a new interpretation of the traditional Japanese folk tale.

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

Abstract forms animated in drawings.

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.

A wordless short homage to the maestro of pittura metafisica.

Quiet images of statues and fire, followed by animation on drawing paper sinking into the ocean.

Understood as an extension of Reckless Daydream (1974), abstract forms are transfigured. This version includes the intended processing of the blue...

Photos taken with pinhole camera, sky + clouds. Swirling animation like smoke against a black background.

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

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

Set in a cave imagined as an air-raid shelter, images of the surrounding trees are painted over directly on the film. Vivid colors intermixed with...

Following on from Shelter (1981), the setting is again an air-raid shelter. Close-up images of trees are dissected and reformed abstractly. The...

Begun in 8mm film, but completed in 16mm following the purchase of a new camera, this work continues with the psychedelic and anti-war themes, while...

Circles printed on white paper. Animation frenzy as music becomes more erotic/erratic.

A compendium of independent Japanese animation, featuring a wide range of experimental techniques from drawn animation to pixilation.

A turning point toward abstraction in Aihara’s career, this work was originally created for the “100 Feet Film Festival”.

Steps with shadows. An arm shadow in the landscape - concrete/grass/flowers. Flicker and a finger morphs into abstraction. A real hand appears above...