Masumi Takino Movies

TV shows, manga, music, movies, plays, pop stars and cartoon characters. I watch videos on my phone with the TV blaring and music in the background....

Based on a Japanese folk belief called Womb Diving (“Tainai Kuguri” ) – the cycle of life and death as depicted through insects,...

One day is presented by shiritori, a word game of last and first. A chain of images in one line evolves the story of this game.

A polar bear who is very bored with various marine animals in the deep blue sea. It continues an ancient tradition of "Caricatures of Frolicking...

The uncertainty, struggles, and joy of the moment upon becoming an adult. Between lullabies and songs I hum to myself. Between a man and myself. That...

On various forms expanded in all directions and a dance by a man in tights.

One day out of the blue Prof. Banno of came to school with his hair shaven. Students made fun of his bald head. Prof. Banno flew in a hot air...

On a summer day an strange man who teaches Russian at the beach took me to a town. The familiar town looked totally fresh from a different point of...

When I was a kid, my big brother became obsessed with the 90s Japanese subculture of teenage guys who were known as "Gyaru-o." His odd appearance...

A motorbike yearns to return to its good old days. One day it takes a courageous leap to its own future.

One night, a lonely man who has lost his wife is lured out into the streets at night by a cat. There, he has various encounters and partings.

This installation work is inspired by dreams experienced during a fever. The two-minute looping animation visualizes incoherent nightmares seen...