Black Cat

Black Cat

1972 · 3 min · Animation, Music

Blending psychedelic animation with haunting music. Centred around a black cat, it explores themes of misfortune and the uncanny through dreamlike visuals and Maki Asakawa’s melancholic song, "Fushiawase to Iu Na no Neko".

Directed by Keiichi Tanaami · Written by Keiichi Tanaami

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Chirico

Chirico · 2008

A wordless short homage to the maestro of pittura metafisica.

Madonna

Madonna · 2005

In Madonna, Tanaami employs his signature collage-style animation, combining pop art influences, retro aesthetics, and surrealistic motifs. The film explores themes of desire, fantasy, and memory, often referencing elements of post-war Japanese culture and American pop culture.

Commercial War

Commercial War · 1971

A short experimental animation by Keiichi Tanaami.

Adventures in Beauty Wonderland

Adventures in Beauty Wonderland · 2013

Adventures in Beauty Wonderland

A joyfully psychedelic animation inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.

Sweet Friday

Sweet Friday · 1975

An animation mixing hand-drawn and cut-out techniques depicting the daily rituals of weekday morning that is occasionally interrupted by flights of fantasy delivered in stroboscopic flashes. Showing scenes of brushing teeth and face washing, Tanaami describes the film to be like a self-portrait on his favorite day of the week.

GOOD-BY ELVIS and USA

GOOD-BY ELVIS and USA · 1971

GOOD-BY ELVIS and USA

A trippy pop-art collage of phallic objects, naked women and American icons, most notably Elvis Presley.

Good-by Marilyn

Good-by Marilyn · 1971

Good-by Marilyn

An erotic pop animation seemingly symbolizing his youth when his soul was taken by the Hollywood actress.

Crayon Angel

Crayon Angel · 1975

A psychedelic collage of wartime stock footage and family photos, suggesting an underlying message of peace.

She

A short film by Keiichi Tanaami.

Trip

By the maker of Yellow Night. Also an exercise in the storyless and meaningless description of a drawn journey through the subconscious. Hallucination as a cheerful firework display. Made with style and skill, because nonchalance obviously has to be conquered. (IFFR)

Shunga

Inch-High Samurai

Inch-High Samurai · 2007

Inch-High Samurai

A collaborative film between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara with a new interpretation of the traditional Japanese folk tale.

Noise

An experiment concerning the attempts at creating a ‘moving image’ long before the invention of cinema. A re-experiencing of the history of ‘magic with light’ unfolds through the use of various devices and techniques, including flip-book animation and Muybridge’s photographs in motion zoopraxiscope. (IFFR)

The Heart Sutra

The Heart Sutra · 2010

The Heart Sutra

'There is a fusuma (paper sliding door) work based on the Hannya Shingyo (Prajna-paramita Hrdaya Sutram) by woodblock print artist Shikou Munakata. He wrote the sutra in one go without any rough drafts or scketches and the result is a very powerful and compelling work. Ever since I first saw this fusuma I have had a special interest in the Hannya Shingyo... ' (extract of the commentary by Keiichi Tanaami)

Breathing of the Wind

Breathing of the Wind · 2001

Breathing of the Wind

A short animared film by Tanaami Keiichi.

Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1

Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1 · 2013

Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1

A compendium of independent Japanese animation, featuring a wide range of experimental techniques from drawn animation to pixilation.

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