Edge of the Chicken Heart

A culmination of the 80's, but after shooting in 1986, mr. Yamagishi left the film for seven years, and finally completed it in 1993 and screened it only once.

In 1984, a commercial for a radio-cassette maranntz. Yoyogi Park. A strange girl.

Koji had a thriving general store in the family business and was about to marry Fujiko, the daughter of a business tycoon. He went to talk to his lonely father about whether he should invite his friend to Korea for a wedding, but he tossed Koji with his dissocting remarks and deeds. Has my father gone crazy? And what is the "judgment" that father sentences Koji?

It's a work that I didn't originally think about showing to people, so I wonder if this is all right ... I can't help it anymore.

The novelist Sawai enjoyed seeing the mirage on the Kugenuma Coast with his wife and friends as a breather for work. However, the headache of the having a disease occurred frequently as usual, and various illusions and hallucinations which seemed to invade from the mischief of the sand of the coast or the crack of daily life were seen, and an ominous event was encountered.

Short film by Nobuyuki Yamagishi.

A trap awaiting the killer Yuki, who longs for the life of an ordinary woman.

An unique love story spelled out with a documentary touch.

At the bar, three office workers enjoyed drinking alcohol and discussing their views on life. Eventually, Sawai, who got drunk, began to talk about the daily events he spent with a strange woman he met in the graveyard a few months ago.

A trip to Hakone shooting training at Tokyo Senmon Gakko, 1984.

Natsumi, who works part-time at a date club, finds herself looking for something that money cannot buy - Love...? A cameraman with a lovely smile appears in front of her.

Short indie film by Nobuyuki Yamagishi. Mix of 8mm film & miniDV & 4K.

Blues singer Nakase enters a bar, invited by the melody of the piano that echoes in the lonely dark night...

Last year, an 8mm film that popped out from the back of my closet. "Winter 1994" is magically written on the film reel (definitely my handwriting), but I don't even remember where it was taken

Summer 1984. An image of when I visited Sapporo, Otaru etc. And my parents hometown. I'm shooting only girls (shame ...).

Short film mix by Nobuyuki Yamagishi. Compilation of previous scenes. 2020年 8mmフイルム＆miniＤＶ＆4K