Nobuhiro Aihara Movies

  • 1979
    Under the Sun

    Under the Sun

    Under the Sun

    01979HD

    Regarded as a creative extension of Stone (1975), animation unfolds on drawing paper placed on a field and farm.

    Under the Sun
  • 1988
    Dragonfly

    Dragonfly

    Dragonfly

    61988HD

    An abstract animation with a motif of a dragonfly, and a complex multi-exposure landscape of a field and a woman's naked body overlap.

    Dragonfly
  • 1989
    Gavora

    Gavora

    Gavora

    71989HD

    Psychedelic animation that impresses with eyeballs and other motifs.

    Gavora
  • 1980
    Burnin'

    Burnin'

    Burnin'

    01980HD

    The human hand transformed through various animation techniques.

    Burnin'
  • 1993
    SPIN

    SPIN

    SPIN

    01993HD

    A tense abstract animation with delicate line drawing. Contemporary musician Nakamura Shigenobu is in charge of the music used in the work.

    SPIN
  • 1987
    Eizou (Kage)

    Eizou (Kage)

    Eizou (Kage)

    01987HD

    A black-and-white flicker film by Nobuhiro Aihara.

    Eizou (Kage)
  • 1994
    MOVING

    MOVING

    MOVING

    61994HD

    As with "SPIN", an abstract animation with delicate line drawings. There are single color and color versions. Nakamura Shigenobu is in charge of the...

    MOVING
  • 2007
    Lotus

    Lotus

    Lotus

    52007HD

    Vivid, chromatic animation.

    Lotus
  • 1973
    Fairy Flower

    Fairy Flower

    Fairy Flower

    01973HD

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

    Fairy Flower
  • 2006
    Tokyo Loop

    Tokyo Loop

    Tokyo Loop

    7.72006HD

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

    Tokyo Loop
  • 1984
    S=13

    S=13

    S=13

    01984HD

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

    S=13
  • 1975
    Neo-Night on the Bald Mountain

    Neo-Night on the Bald Mountain

    Neo-Night on the Bald Mountain

    01975HD

    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.

    Neo-Night on the Bald Mountain
  • 1982
    The apple and the girl

    The apple and the girl

    The apple and the girl

    01982HD

    Project an abstract animation with an apple motif on various places of an old rural house and re-shoot it.

    The apple and the girl
  • 1980
    Water Ring: Karma 2

    Water Ring: Karma 2

    Water Ring: Karma 2

    71980HD

    Abstract forms animated in drawings.

    Water Ring: Karma 2
  • 1972
    Honeybee Season Has Passed

    Honeybee Season Has Passed

    Honeybee Season Has Passed

    01972HD

    A documentary style animation of an apiarist at work in combination with scenes of a seaside village, overlapped with images of a boy trying to...

    Honeybee Season Has Passed
  • 1998
    Yellow Fish

    Yellow Fish

    Yellow Fish

    51998HD

    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...

    Yellow Fish
  • 2012
    DREAMS

    DREAMS

    DREAMS

    02012HD

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

    DREAMS
  • 2010
    The Heart Sutra

    The Heart Sutra

    The Heart Sutra

    02010HD

    'There is a fusuma (paper sliding door) work based on the Hannya Shingyo (Prajna-paramita Hrdaya Sutram) by woodblock print artist Shikou Munakata....

    The Heart Sutra
  • 1973
    Fox Colored Early Spring

    Fox Colored Early Spring

    Fox Colored Early Spring

    01973HD

    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...

    Fox Colored Early Spring
  • 1969
    Stop

    Stop

    Stop

    01969HD

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

    Stop