Nobuhiro Aihara Movies

An animation that combines the motion of abstract lines and the motif of an apple.

A photograph of Aihara’s grandmother, overlapped with a tranquil documentary style animation of her life ending at her funeral scene.

Experimental short by Nobuhiro Aihara.

This animated documentary is derived from footage shot at the site of the Sanrizuka struggle opposing the construction of Narita Airport. In addition...

Ice/ink on white, then into black and red explosive figures, a finger appears.

It is a monster work that depicts a disturbing air by drawing a scene with the crow as a motif and the scenery of Kyoto in parallel with a frame shot.

Animation of a devil floating in air, Aihara created both a black and white and color version of this work by painting directly on the film.

Psychedelic animation that impresses with eyeballs and other motifs.

Vivid, chromatic animation.

In his early experimental short Karma (カルマ, 1977), Aihara uses water as his central motif. The film is hand drawn and appears to...

A psychedelic animation that starts with an irregular ink spread and develops while increasing the degree of confusion.

This is Aihara’s earliest surviving work. Motifs of psychedelic culture and the anti-war movement are directly scratched and painted on...

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.

An image of an Inari shrive, overlapped with the hands of a monk holding a symbol. The work’s shamanistic imagery and rapid speed are...

Images of the sea and clouds seen from the top of the mountain, the candles of the Tibetan temple, etc., and a chaotic psychedelic animation are...

An upbeat comical animated collage telling the story of a man attempting to fly with artificial wings.

Animation of a large hand toying with a runner, and attempting to stab them with a needle.

An animated string held between two youths standing in various locations. The sound negative of this work has unfortunately been lost, and so it is...

A stop-motion animation of endlessly moving forward towards a quarry.