Masumi Takino Movies

  • 2016
    I Am a Hero

    I Am a Hero

    I Am a Hero

    7.3852016HD

    Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange...

    I Am a Hero
  • 2024
    Ghost Cat Anzu

    Ghost Cat Anzu

    Ghost Cat Anzu

    6.82024HD

    Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant "ghost...

    Ghost Cat Anzu
  • 2021
    Coping Mechanism

    Coping Mechanism

    Coping Mechanism

    02021HD

    No doubt negative enery is going to accumulate in my body today, tomorrow and the day after. When that happens, I'll have my own way of release.

    Coping Mechanism
  • 2012
    The Man Who Ate an Apple

    The Man Who Ate an Apple

    The Man Who Ate an Apple

    02012HD

    An apple comes out of a man’s mouth. The man’s life goes backward, as video player is reversed. Many kinds of food accelerated to come...

    The Man Who Ate an Apple
  • 2022
    Bird in the Peninsula

    Bird in the Peninsula

    Bird in the Peninsula

    42022HD

    The boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but...

    Bird in the Peninsula
  • 2021
    MUNCH MUNCH

    MUNCH MUNCH

    MUNCH MUNCH

    02021HD

    How to make this mysterious cake? The ingredients include blue eggs, cookie flowers, pillow stuffing and much more.

    MUNCH MUNCH
  • 2021
    In My Room

    In My Room

    In My Room

    02021HD

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

    In My Room
  • 2011
    Fleeting Dream

    Fleeting Dream

    Fleeting Dream

    02011HD

    A girl is informed by her doctor that she is pregnant. Surprised by the unexpected announcement, falls into an anguish. The fleeting dream is a...

    Fleeting Dream
  • 2021
    Brother

    Brother

    Brother

    102021HD

    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...

    Brother
  • 2019
    Kids

    Kids

    Kids

    3.82019HD

    An animated short exploring group dynamics. How do we define ourselves when we are all equal? Who is steering the crowd? What if it is heading in the...

    Kids
  • 2014
    Reinventing the Square Wheel

    Reinventing the Square Wheel

    Reinventing the Square Wheel

    02014HD

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

    Reinventing the Square Wheel
  • 2021
    Dear Viruses

    Dear Viruses

    Dear Viruses

    02021HD

    This work is a missive to the life form we call viruses in the hope that we can coexist. The relationship between humans and viruses is poetically...

    Dear Viruses
  • 2021
    Polar Bear Bears Boredom

    Polar Bear Bears Boredom

    Polar Bear Bears Boredom

    72021HD

    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...

    Polar Bear Bears Boredom
  • 2012
    The Great Rabbit

    The Great Rabbit

    The Great Rabbit

    52012HD

    Once we called the noble, profound and mysterious existence The Great. We have moved with the time, our thought and consciousness has changed. And...

    The Great Rabbit
  • 2021
    A Bite of Bone

    A Bite of Bone

    A Bite of Bone

    02021HD

    A little girl reflects on her last summer with her father at his funeral.

    A Bite of Bone
  • 2015
    Scutes on my mind

    Scutes on my mind

    Scutes on my mind

    82015HD

    The scutes glisten in the corner of her mind and she starts to dig her memories up. What was like the museum director she encountered when she was...

    Scutes on my mind
  • 2012
    A Wind Egg

    A Wind Egg

    A Wind Egg

    02012HD

    The film is about a family, that runs a chicken farm. The boy hankers after birds and his little sister keeps an eye on him. The father loves eggs....

    A Wind Egg
  • 2014
    Flower Bud

    Flower Bud

    Flower Bud

    02014HD

    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...

    Flower Bud
  • 2015
    Zdravstvuite!

    Zdravstvuite!

    Zdravstvuite!

    02015HD

    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...

    Zdravstvuite!
  • 2021
    Amane Diary

    Amane Diary

    Amane Diary

    02021HD

    This work is based on 15 years of entries in the diary that I’ve kept since age eight. Through creating this work I was searching for freedom...

    Amane Diary