All Films

Hunting Tigers

1988 • 30 min • Japan

October, 1987. American filmmaker Steven Okazaki is making a documentary about laureated japanese author Kenzaburo Oe, but all goes wrong when he finds out that due to "mistranslated facts" the subject of his film has only one day to spare before leaving the country. During their brief interview, Mr. Kenzaburo affirms that the new generation of japanese artists are "spoiled, un-original and too influenced by Western culture." so, having a japanese film crew rented for four more days, Steven decides to roam the streets of Tokyo filming the lives of the japanese emergent underdog artists, trying to make some sense of Mr. Oe's statement.

Self Portrait

1988 • 1 min • Japan

Kawamoto's animated self-portrait.

Antique Heart

1988 • 29 min • Japan

There's an old decrepit building at the edge of the school grounds that hasn't been used for years, and it falls apart a little bit more each day. But the little house holds a secret, as Takahiro and his friends are soon to find out...they wind up making contact with a mysterious entity known as Saki. Can Takahiro save Saki's world from destruction.

Big Bird in Japan

1988 • 58 min • Japan, United States of America

While visiting Japan, Big Bird wanders off from a guided tour bus in Tokyo, and is lost until a Japanese woman helps him get to where he needs to go. The woman, however, is hiding a secret.

The Mayflower Voyagers

1988 • 24 min

The Peanuts gang tells the story of the 1620 Mayflower voyage from England to the new world detailing the hardships they faced, how the Natives helped them survive, and ending the following autumn in a feast of Thanksgiving.

The Black Arrow

1988 • 48 min • Australia

One plotting politician, Sir Daniel Brackley, is using the royal unrest to his advantage and unwittingly giving rise to the arrival of a medieval hero, Black Arrow, whose steel cross bow and stout heart are pitted against the kingdom's villains. Black Arrow is saving one final arrow for the assassin who murdered his good friend, Harry Shelton, and left young Richard Shelton fatherless. Join the exciting adventures of Richard Shelton and the mysterious Black Arrow, brought together through turmoil and tragedy to begin the adventure of a lifetime.

Mami the Psychic: Dancing Dolls in a Starry Sky

1988 • 45 min • Japan

Schoolgirl Mami Sakura discovers that she has superpowers. She can sense other people in trouble and teleport to help them, but she keeps her secret double-life hidden from her parents with the help of her schoolfriend, Kazuo Takahata. In this short film, Mami uses her powers to make a puppet show for deprived children.

Abel's Island

1988 • 30 min • United States of America, Switzerland, Italy

One summer afternoon in 1907, Abel and his wife (both mice) are picnicking, when they become separated during a violent rainstorm. After flying some distance, Abel discovers himself alone on a river island, unable to swim due to the powerful current. Abel periodically attempts to leave the island by various means: flying on a leaf, rowing a crudely fashioned boat, etc. Meanwhile, he tries to create a normal life of sorts, even learning to enjoy a new hobby: sculpture. Still, Abel's goal is to escape the island and rejoin his wife in the city.

Dirty Pilgrimage to the West: Introduction

1988 • 60 min • Japan

If you embrace the virgin Tripitaka, you will become immortal. On their quest, Kannon Bodhisattva and Tripitaka punish Goku...

Words, Words

1988 • 7 min • Czechoslovakia

Two fishermen meet on a quiet riverbank where their idle chatter curdles into rivalry over whose catch will be bigger.

Tidy Endings

1988 • 55 min • United States of America

A man, whose companion dies of AIDS, confronts his lover's ex-wife and the two end up building a friendship while coping with the emotional aftermath of the death.

Wind in the Willows

1988 • 49 min • Australia

Based on Kenneth Grahame's classic children's yarn, this charming animated tale follows four colorful talking critters: the blithe Mr. Toad, the sensible Mole, the urbane Rat and the cranky but insightful Badger. When Mr. Toad's passion for cars lands him in dutch, it's up to his three woodland cohorts to bail him out and restore his reputation by outfoxing a horde of underhanded weasels.

Lighting

1988 • 47 min • Sweden

A documentary on Sven Nykvist lighting the movie-set during the shooting of Andrei Tarkovsky's film "The Sacrifice."

Fashion Lala: The Story of the Harbour Light

1988 • 48 min • Japan

Eleven-year-old Miho wants to be a fashion designer and is eager to make a dress for her little sister, Shuri, to help her win the Dancing Queen contest. When Miho's stupid aunt ruins the dress, the Fairies of Fanland hear her prayer and transform her into the 16-year-old-old Lala, a top designer

Kitamura Mika: Kyonyû enjuku

1988 • 60 min • Japan

Kotama's assistant Hanan, who draws erotic manga, is bad at drawing and slow at work. He has a strange habit of becoming lustful when he sees a woman in a uniform. He admires Yoko, a female police officer. Yoko's younger sister Rumi is a nurse. One day, Kotama witnesses Rumi and her patient having sex on the roof of the hospital, and Noran sees Yoko and Rumi having lesbian play... A comedy that depicts the distorted form of love set in the world of gekiga.

The Dirk Diggler Story

1988 • 31 min • United States of America

A mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson at age seventeen. Presented as a behind-the-scenes television profile, it chronicles the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a well-endowed porn star whose fame and fortune spiral into drug abuse and tragedy. Modeled on real-life adult film actor John Holmes, the film serves as an early prototype for Anderson’s later feature Boogie Nights (1997).

Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play

1988 • 6 min

A vintage featurette about the making of Child's Play (1988).

Mountain Language

1988 • 20 min • United Kingdom

Harold Pinter play starring Michael Gambon. 'Your language is forbidden. It is dead. No one is allowed to speak your language. Your language no longer exists. Any questions?'

マルゴォの杯

1988 • 45 min • Japan

Garfield: His 9 Lives

1988 • 48 min • United States of America

Garfield plays multiple roles including ancient Egyptian royalty, a fairyland kitten, a movie 'stunt cat" and more!

Sommarkvetter

1988 • 35 min • Sweden

Comedy with Sten-Åke Cederhök and Tomas von Brömssen at the Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg, featuring scrap dealers Albert and Herbert, a waiter with rabbit teeth and a shack maid with an incomprehensible village dialect.

Kaze wo Nuke!

1988 • 41 min • Japan

In the world of motocross, 16-year-old Satoshi Ichimonji fights his way from the novice grade up to Junior Cross championship.

Red Account: My Bloody Angel

1988 • 55 min • Japan

A wife tries to exorcise an evil spirit from her husband. With the help of a cult guide, she kills, cuts off, takes out organs, and so on... (based on the "Fujisawa Demon Exorcism Murder Case").

Dragon Century

1988 • 60 min • Japan

Hokkaido, 1991, a series of murders take place and dragons suddenly begin appearing in the skies. The Japanese SDF begins shooting the dragons out of the sky, holding them responsible for the murders. A troubled young girl is suddenly entrusted with the care of a hatchling dragon, hoping to raise him for destruction. Everyone will soon learn who the true culprits are and why the dragons have appeared.