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Jun Kurosawa

Born in 1964, Jun Kurosawa studied art science at the Tama Art University. While in college, he learned filmmaking by Sakumi Hagiwara. After graduation, he related not only to Japanese experimental film movements but also to the Japanese contemporary art scene. His works contain a wide variety of artistic genres: industrial music, performances, and opera. Since 1989 numerous screenings and awards…

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Sexy Dream of Love: Yuka TachiharaSexy Dream of Love: Yuka Tachihara · 1987
Sexy Dream of Love: Yuka Tachihara
1987
Movie
Yuka Tachihara is 18 years old. Have you ever looked into the depths of the tears filling her eyes? In a bath full of bubbles, she is embraced passionately by the person who entered her imagination...
Looking for an AngelLooking for an Angel · 1999
Looking for an Angel
5.91999
MovieDrama
Takachi, a young porno star from a small town in Japan is found dead. His death provides the opportunity to show us his true emotions, and how his two best friends in Tokyo remember him. These two travel back to Takachi's town, Kochi, which Takachi himself had visited just prior to dying. In Kochi, all boys seem to be angels.
THEORY OF ANGEL – Chapter 4 –THEORY OF ANGEL – Chapter 4 – · 1989
THEORY OF ANGEL – Chapter 4 –
9.01989
Movie
"This film was originally intended to set up the projector scratching the film and destroying the image. But, I don't know why the work stored in VHS format." [Jun Kurosawa]
Joou no Houigaku ~Shikatsushi~Joou no Houigaku ~Shikatsushi~ · 2021
Joou no Houigaku ~Shikatsushi~
7.02021
MovieCrime
A genius forensic scientist pushes around one of her students while investigating a case.
In HeavenIn Heaven · 1988
In Heaven
1988
Movie
An experimental short film by Japanese filmmaker Jun Kurosawa.
now herenow here · 1988
now here
6.51988
Movie
Experimental film about the schizoid man by using double exposure. The title includes a double meaning, that is "now here" being here – and "nowhere" to not be anywhere. In this lyrical work, Jun Kurosawa analyzed himself schizophrenically.
pbpb · 2003
pb
5.02003
Movie
This nonsense short drama was created for the film festival "Very Very Short" at the Tollywood Theatre in Shimokitazawa. At that time, the condition was (1) two minutes, (2) insert a date, and (3) within the film include the word of "Sa-yo-na-ra".
AquaticAquatic · 1987
Aquatic
6.01987
MovieAnimation
An apple flows down the stream of a mill where innumerable illusions of fish appear and disappear in the sky reflected in the water.

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NEKO-MIMINEKO-MIMI · 1994
NEKO-MIMI
7.51994
Movie
Experimental film in which three girls and one boy lead playful lives. Just as a game, in which the course is determined from beginning to end by certain rules, can be played time and again, their lives are also endless repetition. This eventually results in a loss of a sense of time, for past and future. The four are permanently surrounded by cameras and projectors. In this way we see how photos are repeatedly taken of one of the girls and the boy keeps staring at a film screen. Everything which cannot be repeated is the object of their hatred. One day a woman appears in their lives and wants to die. The four try to involve her in their game, but the opposite happens: the fact that the woman is different disrupts their self-made world. Having playacted a funeral for the woman, they become more and more entangled in their own game.

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PROLOGUEPROLOGUE · 1990
PROLOGUE
1990
Movie
Born in 1964, graduated from Tama Art University with a degree in art. During his college years, he formed an indie band with his classmates and performed for several years before studying under Sakumi Hagiwara and beginning to make films. In his early works, he created numerous pieces using a structural style that manipulated light, objects, and even the film itself through frame-by-frame editing. Eventually, his works began to incorporate narrative elements and shifted toward analyzing his own inner world. In 1994, the premiere screening of "Cat Ears" (1994) at the East Gallery in Ebisu achieved record attendance. Additionally, he has collaborated with performance units and directed the video opera "Satyricon" (2004), consistently exploring boundary-crossing visual expressions.

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PROLOGUE #2PROLOGUE #2 · 1990
PROLOGUE #2
1990
Movie
Born in 1964, graduated from Tama Art University with a degree in Fine Arts. During his university days, he formed an indie band with his classmates and was active for several years. He then began filmmaking under the tutelage of Sakumi Hagiwara. In his early works, he created numerous pieces characterized by a "structural style that manipulates light, objects (or the film itself) through frame-by-frame editing." Eventually, his works began to incorporate narrative elements and shifted toward a more analytical exploration of his inner world. In 1994, the premiere screening of "Cat Ears" (1994) at the East Gallery in Ebisu achieved record attendance. Additionally, he has collaborated with performance units and directed the video opera "Satyricon" (2004), consistently exploring boundary-crossing visual expressions.

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