Experimental Japanese Film of the 1960s

Still from Wan (Bowl) (1961, 25 min., dir. by Nihon University Cinema Club)

Experimental Films of the 1960s from Nihon University
Works by Motoharu Jonouchi, Masao Adachi, and Katsuhiro Tomita


-Pou Pou (1960, 22 min., dir. by Nihon University Cinema Club)

-Wan (Bowl) (1961, 25 min., dir. by Nihon University Cinema Club)

-The Martyr (1963, 28 min., dir. by Katsuhiro Tomita)

Screened in 16mm. Curated by Go Hirasawa, Meiji Gakuin University. Organized by Ann Adachi, executive director, Collaborative Cataloguing Japan. Presented in conjunction with the Grey Art Gallery exhibit For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979.

Sponsored by the Asian Film and Media Initiative and the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program, both Department of Cinema Studies; the Department of Art History; Collaborative Cataloguing Japan; and Grey Art Gallery.

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This event is free and open to the public.