Takahiko Iimura Movies

  • 1971
    The Pacific Ocean

    The Pacific Ocean

    The Pacific Ocean

    01971HD

    Shot on 8mm on the 12-day boat journey between Yokohama and San Francisco, Iimura's The Pacific Ocean consumes the anticipation and uncertainties of...

    The Pacific Ocean
  • 1996
    Sky and Ground

    Sky and Ground

    Sky and Ground

    01996HD

    Sky and ground which was cut off momentarily / A camera wanders seeking its own shadow / The images which explore the limit / of solitude in New York...

    Sky and Ground
  • 2011
    Associations of Silverpencils

    Associations of Silverpencils

    Associations of Silverpencils

    02011HD

    This is a film about a medium approaching extinction, an 8mm documentary film about a vanishing 8mm cinema. Blending two genres, the science film and...

    Associations of Silverpencils
  • 1976
    Observer / Observed / Observer

    Observer / Observed / Observer

    Observer / Observed / Observer

    01976HD

    Cameras once again observing each other.

    Observer / Observed / Observer
  • 1977
    One Frame Duration

    One Frame Duration

    One Frame Duration

    01977HD

    The films concerns the "duration" (or non-duration) of one frame, as the title indicates, the minimum unit of film in space (dark and light) with...

    One Frame Duration
  • 1987
    I Love You

    I Love You

    I Love You

    01987HD

    “Double Portrait” and “I Love You” are a paired piece with Akiko Iimura. Both Iimuras play individually as well as a unit. In...

    I Love You
  • 1973
    Plus and Minus

    Plus and Minus

    Plus and Minus

    01973HD

    "Of the new foreign work I saw, (at the Avantgarde Film Festival in London) that of Taka Iimura interested me most – His film + & -, using...

    Plus and Minus
  • 1962
    6x6 (Oukan Densentsu)

    6x6 (Oukan Densentsu)

    6x6 (Oukan Densentsu)

    01962HD

    A boy and a girl in a small room, having a fight, making love and suddenly . . . a black humor on a young couple.—Takahiko Iimura, Paper Film:...

    6x6 (Oukan Densentsu)
  • 1976
    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    01976HD

    Camera, Monitor, Frame is the first installment of Takahiko Iimura's "Video Semiotics Triptych" (the other two works are Observer/Observed, made in...

    Camera, Monitor, Frame
  • 1967
    Summer, Happenings, U.S.A.

    Summer, Happenings, U.S.A.

    Summer, Happenings, U.S.A.

    01967HD

    I lived in the East village of New York in the mid sixties, a high time of the hippie movement. I had been involved myself in the environment of the...

    Summer, Happenings, U.S.A.
  • 1991
    Concept Tapes 2

    Concept Tapes 2

    Concept Tapes 2

    01991HD

    Concept Tapes 2
  • 1978
    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    71978HD

    Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image...

    Four Shadows
  • 1991
    Concept tape 3 (Performance)

    Concept tape 3 (Performance)

    Concept tape 3 (Performance)

    01991HD

    A compilation tape of performances including John Cage Performs James Joyce, Arakawa, and Iimura's first AIUEONN and As I See You You See Me shot...

    Concept tape 3 (Performance)
  • 1969
    Face

    Face

    Face

    01969HD

    The three faces (two women and one tranvestized man) in the series of close up, which are shot separately in their sexual process of the acting and...

    Face