Directing

Kohei Ando

Born February 1, 1944 · Beijing, China (age 82)

Born in 1944, Kohei Ando received bachelor’s degree from Waseda University then went on to study at L'Ecole Centrale in Paris. Ando acted in Shuji Terayama's theatrical production "Les Enfants du Paradis" and traveled with Terayama in Europe. Using a 16mm camera he purchased with Terayama, Ando produced first film, Oh! My Mother (1968). Ando is the recipient of awards at numerous international fil…

Known For

InhalationInhalation · 2010
Inhalation
5.22010
MovieDrama
Unhappy farm worker Mei borrows some money from her boyfriend Seng, boards a ship to Japan and leaves him broken-hearted. But when she is deported, it is Seng that greets her at the harbour for a night of bitter reflection.
ExhalationExhalation · 2010
Exhalation
5.42010
MovieDrama
A young woman returns to her birthplace for an ex-classmate's funeral. She and a friend lose themselves in melancholy.
Star Waars!Star Waars! · 1978
Star Waars!
7.01978
MovieComedy
Japanese stars screaming: War!
A Story About KusanojoA Story About Kusanojo · 1997
A Story About Kusanojo
1997
Movie
Futaro, now 14 years old, is an only boy. His mother, an actress, raised him on her own. She herself is innocent, just like a child. It seems almost incredible to Futaro that she was brought him up by her self. One day, in the garden, Futaro seems a man dressed like a samurai. He must be one of mother’s actor friends, Futaro thinks, but then he resembles Futaro’s father. The stranger is called Kusanojo. He was a true samurai and now he is a true ghost. Strangely, Kusanojo seems to have forgotten the fact that he is a ghost. A strange life of 3 people with Futaro, his mother and his father who is a ghost starts.
My Friends in My Address BookMy Friends in My Address Book · 1974
My Friends in My Address Book
1974
Movie
A conceptual film in which Ando has assembled plans, and duration of his friends as they are listed in the address book. This is a gallery of happy friends of the filmmaker.
La Valse WaltzLa Valse Waltz · 1976
La Valse Waltz
1976
Movie
The whirl of the dance is like a reincarnation. From time to time, the dancer sits down to drink tea. But when the music starts, the waltz recalls.
After TwilightAfter Twilight · 1994
After Twilight
1994
Movie
An experimental film in which a young man chases the shadow of love in a dream-like world of childhood memories.
On the Far Side of TwilightOn the Far Side of Twilight · 1994
On the Far Side of Twilight
1994
MovieDrama
He pulls out a pair of scissors that tends toward the sky. So begins his journey through time, space and memory. Seasons change, years pass. Wrapped in a mysterious box of sunset, the boy grows older, becomes adolescent, young man, adult, old, but - strangely - the memories are beginning to lead their own lives. "What memory, what reverie, what is real and what is imaginary? I do not know ... "

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