Japanese Underground Cinema Program 8: Takahiko Iimura and Eikoh Hosoe
Introduced by Takahiko Iimura
Saturday, January 12, 2013, 2:30 p.m.
Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
Includes the following films:
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Navel and A-Bomb
1960. Japan. Directed by Eikoh Hosoe. Courtesy the filmmaker. In Japanese; English subtitles. 10 min.
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The Masseurs
1963. Japan. Directed by Takahiko Iimura. In Japanese; English subtitles. 13 min.
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Rose Color Dance
1965. Japan. Directed by Takahiko Iimura. In Japanese; English subtitles. 13 min.
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Junk
1962. Japan. Directed by Takahiko Iimura. In Japanese; English subtitles. 12 min.
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Love
1963. Japan. Directed by Yoji Kuri. Print lent by The Japan Foundation. In Japanese; English subtitles. 12 min.
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Onan
1963. Japan. Directed by Takahiko Iimura. In Japanese; English subtitles. 7 min.
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Made for the Experimental Jazz Film Laboratory, a group led by the great filmmaker Shuji Terayama (a key figure in this exhibition), Navel and A-Bomb anticipates photographer Eikoh Hosoe’s famous collaboration with Tatsumi Hijikata, the co-founder of Ankoku Butoh dance, for the photo-book Kamaitachi (1968). In the beautifully choreographed Anma and Rose Color Dance, Takahiko Iimura transforms his camera into an extension of his body. And in Junk, Love, and Onan, Iimura improvises with vanguard musicians Takehisa Kosugi, Yoko Ono, and Yasunao Tone with exhilarating results. All Iimura works courtesy The Film-makers’ Co-op, New York. Program 67 min.
In the Film exhibition Art Theater Guild and Japanese Underground Cinema, 1960–1986
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