Haruhiko Shono

Tokyo Noise

Johan Söderberg, Kristian Petri

Bonzan Watanabe, Mayuko Hino

Tokyo at the beginning of the 21st century, its inhabitants and artists. An observation and diagnosis of the modern Japanese metropolis: the singularity of unusual creative individuals is merely a response to the majority Japanese society. Even this can appear as an eccentric work of art. So where do the borders lie? A psychologist talks about the autistic way of life burgeoning in the dense population of the country. A noise musician speaks of her inspiration from sado-masochistic bondage as an art form. A stirring film testimony about music and much else besides, with images spanning inconsolable anxiety and meditative tranquility. Tokyo, Noise music, S&M, homosexuality, photography,... all in one bizarre but quite interesting avant-garde documentary.

TV WAR

Haruhiko Shono, Daizaburo Harada

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Performed live on September 15th, 1985 on the SONY JumboTRON at Tsukuba Expo, Tukuba, Japan

Virtual Drug: Trance

Haruhiko Shono

More mood tapey glow fun from Japan.

Gadget Trips/Mindscapes

Haruhiko Shono

A cold war that's turning hot between the Empire and the Republic is the background against which we witness the acts of characters who are at the mercy of their leaders' whims, and interwoven among these events are hallucinations--some served up in good trips and some in bad--produced by an electromagnetic radiation device called Sensorama. Together these elements spin out a tale of high drama. It's finally here! A stunning non-stop, full-CG movie that blows away preconceptions.