Teruo Koike Filmes

A brief documentary focused on the history of experimental Super 8mm filmmaking. Prominent figures of the "s8" boom of the 1970s discuss their work...

"I was crazy about collecting photographs I got interested in scientific journals."

"Tried to make a movie incorporating video noise which was generated by pointing a camcoder directly to a TV monitor." VTR/sound

Experimental short film by Teruo Koike.

Part 15 of Koike Teruo’s Ecosystem series.

"The first film in which I was a scriptor, actor and director. Many thanks for my schoolmates who kindly cooperated to appear in this movie." -Teruo...

Part 29 of Koike Teruo’s Ecosystem series. Digital

Experimental video by Teruo Koike.

Experimental 16mm short by Teruo Koike.

"I pointed the camera at the trees and bushes in my lodgings' garden. I just wanted to keep watching them." VTR/sound

"My strong interest in and longing for movies were beginning to take shape, but I still was not clear about what I should create. Therefore, those...

Short film by Teruo Koike. 18fps/8mmfilm/silent

First short film by Teruo Koike. - "Lost work. Trees standing up vertically. I rolled the camera following what my shaken heart said."

Part 9 of Koike Teruo’s Ecosystem series. 8mm

8mm film directed by Teruo Koike

The ecosystem series which started in 1981 counts 15 and is still growing, becoming Koike's lifework. Through the series, Koike has shot a huge...