Toshio Matsumoto Movies

  • 1985
    Sway

    Sway

    Sway

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    Pictures from a Buddhist temple cut up and manipulated.

    Sway
  • 1982
    Shift

    Shift

    Shift

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    By cutting up and zoom in on images of facades creates Matsumoto visual effects.

    Shift
  • 1969
    Ecstasis

    Ecstasis

    Ecstasis

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    Repetitive abstract experimental film. A bearded man flickers past a hundred times.

    Ecstasis
  • 1985
    EE Control

    EE Control

    EE Control

    4.81985HD

    It was produced to be exhibited at the “Personal Focus” (April 23-8, 1985), a three-minute, 8mm film screening held in Fukuoka. Digitized...

    EE Control
  • 1978
    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

    71978HD

    Enigma is something of a more glamorous version of White Hole, with a wide variety of elaborate textures (often composed of iconographic and...

    Enigma: Nazo
  • 1976
    The War of the 16 Year Olds

    The War of the 16 Year Olds

    The War of the 16 Year Olds

    5.51976HD

    A young drifter and a precocious sixteen years old girl slowly form a bond in a small town haunted by its wartime past.

    The War of the 16 Year Olds
  • 2002
    Under the Skin

    Under the Skin

    Under the Skin

    12002HD

    A documentary on sixties counterculture in Japan featuring Donald Richie, Tadanori Yokoo, Masao Adachi, Koji Wakamatsu, Toshio Matsumoto and Akaji...

    Under the Skin
  • 2012
    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

    02012HD

    Matsumoto's last video was produced by Sano Gallery. Matsumoto set the common theme as “Seeing” in 2009, six co-writers participated to...

    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change
  • 1963
    Nichiray a la carte

    Nichiray a la carte

    Nichiray a la carte

    01963HD

    Nippon Rayon has produced clothing of assorted colors, designs, and materials. Their nylon products are not limited to fashion but extend to all...

    Nichiray a la carte
  • 1992
    Dissimulation

    Dissimulation

    Dissimulation

    01992HD

    Dissimulation
  • 1975
    A Girl

    A Girl

    A Girl

    01975HD

    A Girl
  • 1974
    Fly

    Fly

    Fly

    01974HD

    Fly
  • 1984
    Wave

    Wave

    Wave

    01984HD

    Wave
  • 1962
    I'm Nylon

    I'm Nylon

    I'm Nylon

    01962HD

    I'm Nylon
  • 1972
    Autonomy

    Autonomy

    Autonomy

    01972HD

    Autonomy
  • 1990
    Old/New

    Old/New

    Old/New

    01990HD

    Toshio Matsumoto's video on decommunization in Eastern Europe.

    Old/New
  • 1980
    Kimoto

    Kimoto

    Kimoto

    01980HD

    Format: 16 mm standard; Color; Sound; 30 min 10 sec Sponsor: Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association

    Kimoto
  • 1964
    Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo

    Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo

    Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo

    01964HD

    A documentary focusing on the things and animals necessary for the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964.

    Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo
  • 1957
    Caisson

    Caisson

    Caisson

    01957HD

    The film is a promotional film, recording the construction of a pressurized lockbox at the Hachinohe power plant in Aomori. Matsumoto's official...

    Caisson
  • 1975
    Murder Catalogue

    Murder Catalogue

    Murder Catalogue

    01975HD

    Matsumoto's early video work Murder Catalogue, but there were few opportunities to be screened at that time since it dealt with a grotesque image....

    Murder Catalogue