Holding Perspective

A film that reconsiders the modern state of Japan in relation to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.

Video work concerning the censorship of Oura's print series Holding Perspective and the following trial of 1986-2000

Documentary on author, dissident and right-wing terrorist Misawa Chiren.

A stage actress lives between two worlds: the fiction of the theatre and the reality of her work in the sex trade. Played by Ayumi Abe, a leading actor of the theatre company Saisei, she senses both worlds keenly and gently takes them in. The title’s “perspective” refers to the point where the vast world outside the self meets the inner world hidden in its depths. Directed by the artist Nobuyuki Oura, this art documentary-drama follows a woman who lives plainly and honestly, with a supple, resilient vitality. A 126-minute complete edition was released in Japanese cinemas in October 2026.

A film exploring the correlation between self and otherness and ancient layers of Japan's history, by following the footsteps of art and literary critic Hariu Ichirō as he walks around Gwangju, South Korea, and speaking in his home in Japan.

Documentary concerning the Yasukuni Shrine.