Hiroyuki Oki
Birthday: 1964-03-23
Place of Birth: Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Born in Tokyo in 1964. Graduated from the Architectural Department of the Faculty of Engineering of Tokyo University in 1988. Studied film production at the Image Forum Institute of the Moving Image and was recognized for his 3-hour long thesis film "The Film of Buddy Matsumae" ("Matsumae-kun no eiga" 1989). His film "Swimming Prohibited" won the Special Juror's Prize at the 1990 Image Forum Festival. Moved to Kochi City in 1991, and in 1992 directed the Jurgen Brunning production "Tarch Trip" ("Tachi torippu" 1993). Directed his first 35mm fiction film "I Like You, I Like You Very Much" in 1994. In 1996 his "Heaven-6-Box", a production of the Kochi Musuem of Art, won the NETPAC Prize at the 1995 Berlin International Film Festival. Recently he has been involved in performing live music at screenings of his work. (www.yidff.jp)
Movies
The Letter
"I sobbed today..." This bizarre monologue is followed by a dialogue with a unique tempo. Then, frag...
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Tarch Trip
A film like an Impressionist painting; the kind of paintings to have titles like 'urban view from th...
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Tears of Ecstasy
A conceptual pinku film by renowned experimental artist Hiroyuki Oki, which is conceived of 60 shots...
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Looking for an Angel
Takachi, a young porno star from a small town in Japan is found dead. His death provides the opportu...
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The Family Complete
A highly contagious incest virus induces several generations of a Japanese family to have sex in all...
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Swimming Prohibited
The film was made in a period of three weeks in the summer of 1989. It starts in a youth hostel some...
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I Like You, I Like You Very Much
A tense love triangle unfolds as You struggles with his affair, questioning his identity and desires...
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