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Queen's Polyester Dog (1994)
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Green Bug (1991)
A boy secluded in a green room's passion for his mother eventually drives him into a world of delusion and solitude from which there is no escape.
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je t'aime (1986)
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Midnight Park, White Roses (1997)
Featuring two schoolgirls and a woman who appears to be their mother, this surreal piece of girlish dreaming translates the world of Midori Ozaki and Leonora Carrington's works into the visual world.
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Dreamflower (1990)
An aged lady and his idiot manservant, secluded in a red chamber. The room has no clocks, and all day this ritual is held in the form of the grand dame's grumblings. Perhaps only a select few spectators may see the sublime in her. Suddenly, a portrait of a young woman disrupts her tedium, and the painting comes to life.
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A Castle of Dream (1991)
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Alice in the Underworld: The Dark Märchen Show!! (2009)
Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" goes goth in Mari Terashima's screen adaptation of the children's classic. Terashima brings together Goth Loli performance troupe Rose de Reficul et Guiggles, doll maker Mari Shimizu and magician and actor-dwarf Mame Yamada (Blue Spring, 9 Souls) to create a macabre trip down the rabbit hole. The film appears animated, but the gothic characters are as real as can be.
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The First Love (1989)
"Hatsukoi" (The First Love, 1989) is a rarely-seen early short film from a Goth-lolita-oriented experimental film-maker, Mari Terashima. Ritualized action and repetitive elements might remind some viewers of Maya Deren's strategy.
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Princess Plum P-udding (1999)
In 19th century Europe, photographs of the “grotesque” such as deformed bodies and corpses were popular and enthusiastically traded and collected. In contemporary Japan, a video about voluptuous little Sayomi who loves to collect Mickey Mouse paraphernalia—how do people look at her as she sways to Baroque in a white negligee? Do modern-day cavaliers court her? Will her domineering mother save her from evil eyes? The director hands her the video camera and attempts to present the world through her perspective. She dresses her up in extravagance, shows off her glamorous presence, and proves that she is no sissy object or victim—she is larger than life.
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EXPO '70 Avant-Garde Memories - Searching for Ako (2025)
A documentary made in collaboration with students at Konan University, retracing the history of EXPO '70 and attempting to track down the actress who performed in Toshio Matsumoto's installation in the Textiles Pavilion, "Space Projection Ako." Featuring interviews with historians, scholars and artists including Yokoo Tadanori, Norio Imai, and more.
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宙ブラ女モヤモヤ日記 ~ダンナに言えない秘密~ (2016)
This is the director's first diary film, drawn in collaboration with a diverse cast and manga artist Yumi Enomoto. It is a serious self-documentary work with a comedic touch. The music is by composer Kotaro Watabiki, the end song is by Haruka Doi, and the guitar is by Yumiko Yoshimoto. It won the Audience Award at the Image Forum Festival 2016 in Tokyo and Kyoto.
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Elis in Tears (2003)
This work, filmed in Berlin, was created in homage to Elis, the model for Ōgai Mori's short story The Dancing Girl. Unter den Linden's townscape and the Berlin Zoo provide beautiful scenery.
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Shanghai Flowers (2008)
With a "Chinese Goth" theme, the gothic queen Mari and the lovely Rei appear on screen, full of charm! These two beautiful women will save the world!
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The Sacrament of Care-Free Play (2011)
The heroine is played by Amane Kazama, daughter of Visual Brains, and the film also features dolls by Dollhouse Noah and regular artists Anran, Ochazuke Nori, Hisashi Kishida, Shoichi Motohara of MONT★SUCHT, and Mame Yamada.
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I shudder with pleasure that at last the time has come (2022)
A video work using Watahiki’s music


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