Yuri Obitani
Biography: Yuri OBITANI, born in Kamakura in 1964, is now a composer and filmmaker. In his current projects, he explores the relationships between sound, visuality, kinetics and linguistics.
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Benighted but Not Begun
1994-01-01
Benighted but Not Begun
Overview: Fragments of scenes from the lives of men and women who are tormented and bullied appear in this film. Using the film camera as a medium, the film attempts to objectify the never-ending time of their lives, but in fact the actions that unfold here are staged in order to generate a physical voice, and at times it seems that it is the landscape itself that witnesses their actions.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Fufu the Worldweary
2000-05-02
Fufu the Worldweary
Overview: Two disaffected hoodlums, one of them of Korean ancestry; his sister, her girlfriend, and a mad scooter girl. The failure of their relationships as a critique of modern Japan.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-02
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Naked over8
2007-09-29
Naked over8
Overview: "Over 8" is a joint project from a Shimokitazawa theater and young directors to create new wave films. Their latest is an omnibus film on the theme of "nakedness," directed by five up-and-coming directors. The producer is Shu Kageyama, who has worked with directors Shozin Fukui and Hideaki Anno on their films as one of the main crew members. Truth, emotional problems, trauma, desire, minority....some things can only be fully revealed through "nakedness." Come and witness the freshly-told stories of five vividly different colors and styles, all about "nakedness."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-29
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Sound Hunting
2013-11-10
Sound Hunting
Overview: Production and sale of Fujichrome RT200 sound film stock ended in 1999. It was the ultimate analogue technology allowing audio to be simultaneously recorded. As the director develops his film shot with expired RT200 stock, unique visuals and sounds begin to emerge.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-10
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The Hair Opera
1993-06-08
The Hair Opera
Overview: A somewhat perverted man who has a peculiar interest in hair starts dating a female artist who opens her own exhibition of pubic hair gathered from men she had slept with. Their abnormal relationship is established by exchanging visual letters shot on 8mm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-06-08
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