Keita Kurosaka

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names in animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long).

Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese independent animation which has been flourishing and stronger than ever.

A woman strives to engineer a dream-food that can put a stop to the famine that has lain waste to a dystopian, near future Tokyo.

Abstract horror short about a girl's face.

A girl reflects on her memories of her grandfather.

Man often yearns of a past more innocent and pure. This film disregards that sentimentality and depicts a constant, permanent transformation of the landscape of mountains and rivers. A beautiful and intense image poem made from thousands of pencil drawings.

Once again animator Keita Kurosaka was enlisted to create a hand drawn music video, that in many regards is much less shocking and grotesque than the previous collaboration, the infamous "Agitated Screams of Maggots".

A donut-shaped image floating in the center of the screen begins to move like a living creature. The colors and patterns are constantly changing, gradually gaining strength, and eventually leading to an explosive radial movement.

A work produced with the theme of the number "4" as an event for the 4th Into Animation, an independent screening by the Japan Animation Association.

The piece is composed of four movements, imitating classical sonata form, and features photographs of walls, gravel roads, etc., which are likened to musical scales. At the climax, the photographs are shredded into pieces and their colors are changed by adding paint, creating a dazzling "visual music."

One morning, Papa transforms into a giant insect in the futon, emerges instantly in front of the astonished family, breaks through the window and flies into the sky. Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.

Countless dwarves appeared from the omelet that the skinhead man tried to eat. They infiltrate the man's brain and finally explode his head. Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.

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"Agitated Screams of Maggots" was directed by Keita Kurosaka and released in 2006 with the single, "Agitated Screams of Maggots", made by Japanese rock band, DIR EN GREY. ASOM has a traditional drawing design with erotic and grotesque aspects. The video had also received some attention from it's art style and was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2007.

The “living wall” reshapes itself into various forms like a large fallen tree to a dying monster. This metamorphosis evokes a fascinating sense of freedom though imagination, assisted by the detailed yet unrestrained paint strokes and faint vocal echos

A mad scientist finds a seashell in a garbage bag and places it in a machine called "Gramophone No.13" in an attempt to create his ideal lover...

An experimental film created from 3 years worth of abstract pencil drawings with the goal of being a catalyst for unveiling a new mental landscape in viewers.

In front of a train station in the suburbs, a man chopping dried fish, chicken bones, and logs. When the man strikes with his machete, the entire scene begins to rotate. As if it had been put through a juicer, it was broken down into small pieces and eventually put into the glass the girl was holding.

Fragments of images emerge from the empty space, and before you know it, a heavy wall surface is built. If you break through it, a flood of light will overflow.

In a certain fishing village, a memorial service is held to burn abandoned boats, and old fishing boats that have finished their duty have a dream on the verge of death. Deep-sea fish galloping through the alleys, fishermen pulling long ropes, ghosts of screaming girls...