Isamu Hirabayashi

In the forest, a man is buried up to his waist and repeats an interminable and incomprehensible monologue. His seclusion is about to be disturbed by...

Shimajiro to Fufu no Daibōken: Sukue! Nanairo no Hana (しまじろうと フフの だいぼうけん ～すくえ！七色の花～?, Shimajiro...

Shimajiro to Fufu no Daibōken: Sukue! Nanairo no Hana (しまじろうと フフの だいぼうけん ～すくえ！七色の花～?, Shimajiro...

Shimajiro, who helped an injured baby whale Kuu-chan, takes care of Kuu-chan who wants to return to her mother and keeps her in touch. In order to...

Shimajiro, who helped an injured baby whale Kuu-chan, takes care of Kuu-chan who wants to return to her mother and keeps her in touch. In order to...

I am a 66-year cicada. There was a big earthquake. There was a big tsunami. There also was a big accident.

Two eight-year-old boys compete in a game of childish bravado. Ken is a Ninja, Nito a child soldier from the Congo who was forced to kill his own...

A mother, a father and their child are in a dark box. The child is getting a cough constantly. The mother asks the father why we are getting such a...

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

A bold and unsettling short film that combines mysteriously striking images, on-screen captions, and computer-generated speech narration.

A man, stacks of rocks, a forest.

One day a man had a strange audition for the movie. But he couldn't make acting good.

A woman and her child get trapped underground while investigators look for them.

Shimajiro to Fufu no Daibōken: Sukue! Nanairo no Hana (しまじろうと フフの だいぼうけん ～すくえ！七色の花～?, Shimajiro...

A human reincarnated as a maggot begins to explore the potential for his new existence and slowly succumbs to the routines of his form.

During an extended power outage, the members of a photoshoot begin to test the limits of their consumption.

A man kills someone on the battlefield and rescues someone in the devastated district.

A man kills someone on the battlefield and rescues someone in the devastated district.

A man kills someone on the battlefield and rescues someone in the devastated district.

The world presented in a series of close-ups as death begets life.

The project which makes a certain change appear by wearing. Helmut will give a shock or a burst of laughter on him who covered or the outskirts of it.

The project which makes a certain change appear by wearing. Helmut will give a shock or a burst of laughter on him who covered or the outskirts of it.

Two eight-year-old boys compete in a game of childish bravado. Ken is a Ninja, Nito a child soldier from the Congo who was forced to kill his own...

An old man and a grandson are walking in snow. A pregnant woman and a midwife are talking in the hospital.

This worm, born in silk, talks and sings about the history and art of his hometown.

Shimajiro, who helped an injured baby whale Kuu-chan, takes care of Kuu-chan who wants to return to her mother and keeps her in touch. In order to...

My name is a “cockroach”. I was called that from childhood.

Squid have 10 legs. Octopuses have 8 legs. Added together, that’s 18 legs.

Shimajiro and friends embark on a journey through the desert to help young Coco reunite with her mother after being separated in a fierce sandstorm.

Director Isamu Hirabayashi 21st Century Asian Design Competition (sponsored by Kyoto University of Art and Design) Grand Prize Winner

The cycle of life, in reverse.

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and...

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and...

An overturned dung beetle confronts social exclusion and the promises of a benevolent mountain spirit in this delightful short pregnant with meaning....

This is the fourth movie starring a tiger boy named Shimajiro.

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and...

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and...

A special Decoder allows people to have conversations with nature.

Six Stories based on Six Songs.

Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese...