Nobutaka Yamaoka

Madeline Gins, a public and private partner of Shusaku Arakawa. Although her name has always been sought as a co-producer of Shusaku Arakawa's works, starting with "The Mechanism of Meaning" and ending with architectural works and writings, her image was shrouded in mystery. By visiting Madeline Gins in New York and interviewing Shusaku Arakawa's atelier and bioscleave house, this video depicts another important aspect of the Arakawa project that could not be drawn in "Children Who Won’t Die, ARAKAWA".

Riko, a suicide-obsessed young woman meets up with K, an angry young man whose dream is to blow out all of existence. Together they join up with three other would-be terrorists on an errand to deliver a "cake" to an unspecified location somewhere in Tokyo. This film is telling the story of lost and self-destructive youth in oblique, stylized, fantastical fashion.

Mankind's madness continues to hope ... An unknown paranoia picture attacks! A bizarre event that rushes to Karin who started a mysterious part-time job.

A unique documentary film produced by a psychiatrist and Yasufumi Nakoshi analyzing the artists participating in "Tori".

Mia, Haru, and Yuri gathered for the first time in a long time. The reunion, which should be fun, unfolds unexpectedly with the discovery of Mia's pregnancy. With the collapse of the relationship between the three, disturbing noise began to be heard from nearby US military bases.

Arakawa has thrown big ripples all over the world with strange works such as the theme park "Site of Reversible Destiny Yoro", the house for not dying "Mitaka Tenmei Reversible House", and the huge cylindrical building "Nagi Ryuanji". Shusaku died suddenly in New York on May 19, 2010 at 0:35 am. Arakawa talks about the "Mitaka Tenmei Reversible House" he built during his lifetime. "Living here brings out the potential of the body and humans will not die."

This independent film follows the actions and inner thoughts of four unusual individuals as they go about their lives in Tokyo, occasionally meeting up with one another. Their thoughts tend to focus on questions of death, existence, and the conflict of society against the individual. All of the action is performed silently, with narration dubbed over.

A young man, Nanase, has been living an easy and dissolute life while letting his girlfriend, Mahiru, work. One day, triggered by a strange message, surprising incidents start to happen around him. It seems like there are more than two men who look exactly like Nanase, and there is a shadow of his father, a biologist who disappeared 20 years ago. There are also corpses of enigmatic beings from outer space...

Labelled with the titles "Marine Mammal", "Ocean", "Life", "Myth", "Dialogue", and "Universe", six tapes containing video recordings of interviews with renown experts have been left behind by a man who has disappeared. The man's younger sister ascertains the man has gone to Micronesia. This is a hybrid documentary and drama combining real interviews and a fictional framing narrative, produced by STUDIO4°C as a tie-in with their animated movie of the comic "Children of the Sea" by Igarashi Daisuke.

Experimental short by Nobutaka Yamaoka.

Sonoki, a nurse who senses the danger of global warming, is convinced that the multitude of human beings is the root of all evil, and begins to work on her patients. Then, Ibarano, who believes in global cooling, appears in front of Sonoki, and the wheels of fate begin to turn.

Jomon Period. This word that even elementary school students know if they are Japanese. However, the more I know the actual situation, the more mysteries there are ... In fact, most of them are mysteries. Although there are a huge number of strange shaped objects such as clay figurines that seem to support the theory of aliens flying to Earth, what they are, even now in the 21st century. It's still a mystery without anyone reaching the truth. The film approaches the core of its secrets through interviews with archaeologists, cultural figures, artists, and those who are passionate about the Jomon period.

Kaito lost his sister who was his lover in his childhood. He severed all contact with the outer world for twenty years and devoted his time to writing down memories of his sister. One day, a week before the manuscript is to be completed, a woman visits his room. She burns all his papers and takes him to the city to cut him off from his memories. Nevertheless, Kaito cannot stop writing about his sister. The woman decides to lead him on a journey to ultimate hell.

A film on the meaning of art, Session 1: Kingdom of Inertia, Session 2: 4.6 Billion Years of Solitude

Experimental short by Nobutaka Yamaoka.