Jun Kurosawa

From DVD booklet:
The works recorded here are made by Jun Kurosawa mainly in his years
at university.
The remarks on Jun Kurosawa’s works have been focusing on his
impulse of destruction, which are expressed in degenerative keywords
such as “death” and “thanatos”: whereas aesthetical images are
also often mentioned. Is it because his distinct features help them to
establish such images? The features can be described as “film scratch”
and “harsh noise,” all of which can be found in his masterpieces such
as “NEKO-MIMI (1994)” and “JESUS WITH ONE LEG (1991-1994).”Read More »

from letterboxd:
This is Kurosawa Jun, so naturally some symbolism eludes my thought process, but the sensory experience of a crystal ship sailing down the ocean of radiance holds intrinsic merit. Not only does Kurosawa depict shape in a more dynamic arrangement than usual, but the cadence he establishes forms an engaging leitmotif throughout.Read More »

From DVD booklet:
The works recorded here are made by Jun Kurosawa mainly in his years
at university.
The remarks on Jun Kurosawa’s works have been focusing on his
impulse of destruction, which are expressed in degenerative keywords
such as “death” and “thanatos”: whereas aesthetical images are
also often mentioned. Is it because his distinct features help them to
establish such images? The features can be described as “film scratch”
and “harsh noise,” all of which can be found in his masterpieces such
as “NEKO-MIMI (1994)” and “JESUS WITH ONE LEG (1991-1994).”Read More »

Quote:
A poem on the female body, the man who eats a rose, intense flicker, and other fetish images. Jun Kurosawa was inspired by a political anecdote and created this film. In the early 1970s, the Asama-Sans? incident caused by the United Red Army. The group?s chairman led the horrific group killings of another 12 members who were said to be undergoing a process of ?soukatsu? ? general review, or self-criticism.Read More »

A young woman is left stranded in an abandoned industrial building, bound by 16mm film. Meanwhile, an angel roams a highway.Read More »

This nonsense short drama was created for the film festival “Very Very Short” at the Tollywood Theatre in Shimokitazawa. At that time, the condition was (1) two minutes, (2) insert a date, and (3) within the film include the word of “Sa-yo-na-ra”.Read More »

Experimental film about the schizoid man by using double exposure.Read More »

Quote:
Experimental film in which three girls and one boy lead playful lives. Just as a game, in which the course is determined from beginning to end by certain rules, can be played time and again, their lives are also endless repetition. This eventually results in a loss of a sense of time, for past and future. The four are permanently surrounded by cameras and projectors. In this way we see how photos are repeatedly taken of one of the girls and the boy keeps staring at a film screen. Everything which cannot be repeated is the object of their hatred. One day a woman appears in their lives and wants to die. The four try to involve her in their game, but the opposite happens: the fact that the woman is different disrupts their self-made world. Having playacted a funeral for the woman, they become more and more entangled in their own game.Read More »