Yôji Kuri

The original black and white version that tells the story of a man and a woman who go by raft to a remote desert island with chickens and a dog. At...

Short experimental animation film from 1966 from pioneer Kuri Yoji. A series of shorts pointing out the various ways that people meet their death...

An abstract animation about people and organs of the body in and out of drawers.

A short experimental anime about a woman desperately in love. Made by Yoji Kuri, a well-known Japanese indie animator.

A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.

Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684...

A night when parasites of various green forms devour humans. A cruel food chain that never ceases, and an eternal repetition of life and death. A...

Dog leavings become a growing problem for Tokyo and its residents.

Here and There (1961) fuses live-action and animation and was screened at Three-Person Animation 2. Musique concrète and electronic sounds...

A montage of scenes that describe how people can be as bad as animals.

A work that incorporates live-action fast-forwarding, live-action stop-motion animation, and a few cel animations. A number of strange events that...

A work in which Yoji Kuri added animation to Toshi Ichiyanagi's music. CG is used, which is rare in Yoji Kuri's work. In addition, detailed furniture...

Along with graphic designer / ad-man Ryohei Yanagihara (柳原良平) and renowned book cover designer Hiroshi Manabe (真鍋博), Kuri formed the...

Satire on those who interrupt other peoples' peace and quiet.

A night in the life of an apartment building features interesting occurrences, as seen through its lit windows.

Interesting conceptual film where people of various ages and professions are asked to sit on a chair for 15 minutes with nothing to do. We see how...

The original version is monochrome, but in 1967 it was remade in color as an international version. In the international version, the first and...

The train just runs. A collage of various images, including cel animation and drawing, animates smoke emitted from trains. The title comes from...

A man is continually stalked by a small woman named Kemoko who is utterly in love with him.

A series of mini-stories satirising our world in the 20th Century.

Short animation by Yoji Kuri

Short animation by Yoji Kuri

An interview with artist Shūsaku Arakawa.

An interview with artist Ushio Shinohara.

An absurd film by Kuri Youji.

A small white box. Everything happens in that little world. A woman's face comes out from the side of the room and roars, birds peck at human flesh,...

Remake of the 1960 film with the same name in color that tells the story of a man and a woman who go by raft to a remote desert island with chickens...

Short animated film by Kuri Youji.

Experimental anime from animation pioneer Yoji Kuri from 1960.

A short film by Kuri Youji. A man plants a flower and waits for it to bear fruit...

Short animated film by Yoji Kuri.

Short animated film by Yoji Kuri

Animation, in which a couple nurture a giant plant, and cultivate it into a bomb shaped blossom which threatens to destroy them.

A montage of scenes that describe how people can be as bad as animals.

The train just runs. A collage of various images, including cel animation and drawing, animates smoke emitted from trains. The title comes from...

Music video for the song "Punpun Polka" by Hiroshi Ashino that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.