Ghost Cat Anzu

Ghost Cat Anzu

Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant...

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Kingyo

Kingyo

A university professor decides to go for a tour in Akihabara, guided by a young woman dressed up like a French maid. As they both walk through the...

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Drunken Angel Of The Red Windmill)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Drunken Angel Of The Red Windmill)

A documentary film on the art of French painter, printmaker, caricaturist, illustrator, and draftsman Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901). The...

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In the Flesh

In the Flesh

Daryn, a seventeen-year-old girl, fed up with her life in a greenhouse, ran into a human smuggler and learnt the way to escape the town. She had...

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Exhalation

Exhalation

A young woman returns to her birthplace for an ex-classmate's funeral. She and a friend lose themselves in melancholy.

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On the Far Side of Twilight

On the Far Side of Twilight

He pulls out a pair of scissors that tends toward the sky. So begins his journey through time, space and memory. Seasons change, years pass...

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Like A Passing Train 2

Like A Passing Train 2

Time. In HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE, Gabriel Garcia Marquez describes a long process a year it takes to cross a railway station. The film consists...

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Henri Rousseau (In Search Of A Fantasy Paradise)

Henri Rousseau (In Search Of A Fantasy Paradise)

A documentary film on the life of French Post-Impressionist Henri Rousseau (1844 - 1910) as told through animated recreations of his signature...

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Inhalation

Inhalation

Unhappy farm worker Mei borrows some money from her boyfriend Seng, boards a ship to Japan and leaves him broken-hearted. But when she is deported,...

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My collections

My collections

Memory and reincarnation. The catalog and the anthology is an essential aspect of the art of Ando. His memories are assembled an oblique...

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Oh! My Mother

Oh! My Mother

Writes Ando, "Oh! My Mother was the first work I made using a newly bought 16mm camera I had purchased with the writer Shuji Terayama in Paris...

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After Twilight

After Twilight

An experimental film in which a young man chases the shadow of love in a dream-like world of childhood memories.

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The Sons

The Sons

A gay poem, clearly inspired by Cocteau, about the ambiguous relationship between a man and his two adopted sons. A meditation on sublimation...

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Star Waars!

Star Waars!

Japanese stars screaming: War!

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In Lusio

In Lusio

The illusion of the present-day with the time signal. Prix d'or 1971, APA Film Festival, Tokyo.

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Whispers Of Vermeer

Whispers Of Vermeer

An elderly Japanese man witnesses the subjects from the paintings of Dutch Baroque artist Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675) come to life. Following...

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A Story About Kusanojo

A Story About Kusanojo

Futaro, now 14 years old, is an only boy. His mother, an actress, raised him on her own. She herself is innocent, just like a child. It seems...

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Like A Passing Train 1

Like A Passing Train 1

Space. Inspired by photographs of Winston Link (Night Trick), this film is composed of images of trains passing by a house. Trains are seen from...

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La Valse Waltz

La Valse Waltz

The whirl of the dance is like a reincarnation. From time to time, the dancer sits down to drink tea. But when the music starts, the waltz recalls.

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My Friends in My Address Book

My Friends in My Address Book

A conceptual film in which Ando has assembled plans, and duration of his friends as they are listed in the address book. This is a gallery of happy...

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