THE FUTURE WORLD
2001:A space Odyssey
1968 America 149min. color 35mm
English/Japanese subtitles
Directed and written by Stanley Kubric
Original written by Arthur C. Clarke
Starring: William Sylvester
This is a human epic described with magnificent images and music from the human dawn to the space age through a mysterious object, Monolith. Magnificent music ("Thus spoke Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss, "Lux Aeterna" by György Ligeti) and images are powerful. This is a masterpiece of Kubric who inserted music to his every works completely. This film should be watched with big screen and good sound.
ＡＫＩＲＡ
1988 Japan 124min. color 35mm
Directed and written by Katsuhiro Otomo
Music by Geino Yamashiro-gumi
Painting directed by Takashi Nakamura
Starring: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomi Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tessho Genda, Hiroshi Otake, Taro Ishida, Mizuho Suzuki, Koichi Kitamura
In 2019, future city Neo-Tokyo is waiting to hold Olympics. While driving a motorcycle at top speed, Tetsuo, a member of a bad company, collided with a child like an old man. Severely injured Tetsuo was sent to the army and awaked with supernatural power as a guinea pig. He destroyed Neo-Tokyo involved power of the army, the guerilla and the religious body. This film was invested an unprecedented budget and has image moves smoothly, elaborate sound effect and unique music. It doesn't fade away still now.
Hanbun-Ningen Einsturzende Neubauten
1986 Japan 48min. color 16mm
Directed by Sogo Ishii
Art directed by Yohei Taneda
Starring: Brixa Bargeld, Alexander Hacke, FM Einheit, Andrew Unruh
This film describes a live performance of "Einsturzende Neubaunten" that noise music band from Berlin, Germany. They use tools like an electric drill and a chain saw etc. as musical instruments and perform drastically. The stage is the ruins of a factory where iron filings are scattered. The performance of Byakkosha (performing group) is inserted.
Asia-no-Gyakushu REMIX LIVE VERSION
2005 Japan 31min. color digital
Directed by Sogo Ishii
Written by Shunichi Nagasaki, Go Riju, Sogo Ishii
Music by Hiroyuki Onokawa
Starring: Yoshiki Arizono, HIRO, Jun Takenouchi, Hidemaru, Isamu Uno
The training facility of soldier with supernatural power is isolated beneath the wasteland. In the continued severe training and the shortsighted situation, a man revolted against, and the supernatural war between the soldiers broke out at last. This is an SF film that describes theme of human alteration and conscious magnification with the noise and ruins.
THE MASTER OF SHIATSU
1989 Japan 13min. color 35mm
Directed by Sogo Ishii
Written by Shinichi Nakazawa
Music by DOWSER
Special effects directed by Nobuaki Koga
Starring: Tokujiro Namikoshi, ANNA HOLE
In a room of a skyscraper in the city, shiatsu given in the elegant and eccentric space makes woman ecstasy and makes the city warped... It describes that the city and the spiritual world change illusory with the novel visual images and the experimental image techniques. This is a dreamy short film developed only with sound effects and music.
