ASIFA-JAPAN Film Collection VOL.4

About this Film Collection
"ASIFA-JAPAN Film Collection Vol.4" was made in 2023 as an exchange program between ASIFA national groups, aimed for International Animation Day (IAD). The usage of this Collection is authorized only for non-profit screenings for IAD, organized by ASIFA national groups.
Works recorded in this Collection

Directed by : Kotoko Nakamura
2018 / 6:40
A “lie” hidden within a happy-looking family.
For what, for whom is this secret kept?
What is important to you in this “mix” of a world? Fact or fiction? Right or wrong?

Directed by : Renzo Kinoshita
1994 / 13:00
This is a short animation about a boy and his little white cat going to a big city,
where they find the polluted air, dirty sea, cut down trees, etc…
Without any dialogue, this film describes today's world being destructed by the
mankind, and appeals the importance of protecting our nature.

Directed by : Dino Sato
2014 / 1:57
It is the house of pleasure for fish. As I describe the pleasure of fishes that forgot to breed, even fishing and landing fishes can be seen as sexual acts. This animation was inspired by the C.P. Cavafy’s poem "And I Lounged and Lay on Their Beds."
©Dino Sato
Directed by :Hiromitsu Murakami
2004 / 08:32
An animated short about a boy who is told that he has to save the world.
©Royal College of Art
Directed by : Dai Yagi
2020 / 4:18
This short animation depicts the fascinating process and mechanism of a mini-plant that creates various things using gears and pistons, moved by natural forces such as wind and water.
© DAI Yagi / DAIKOBO
Directed by : Hiroshi Onishi
2016 / 4:48
A tribute to “The Hand” made by Jiří Trnka. The year “The Hand” was published was released also the year I was born.
©ONISHI Hiroshi, 2016
Directed by : Yuichi Ito
2011 / 18:05
In the harbor town "Y", the old brick building on a corner of the street, has been watching the town as it prospers and the people living and crossing there for more than one hundred years. One little red brick of this old building has been wondering what "shining square thing" was for a long time. One day, he decides to step out from the old building to find out what it is. Along the way, he encounters the new world.
©I.TOON