Directing
Kei Oyama
Born
1978-01-01 (48)
Place of birth
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
In 2005, Shinsatsushitsu (Consultation Room), his graduation project at Tokyo Zokei University, won the Gold Prize for the Campus Genius Award, as well as Best Picture for BACA-JA. Oyama has been formally invited to international film festivals such as the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes International Film Festival. In 2008 he made HAND SOAP for Aichi Arts Center which won him many awards including the Grand Prix for the Holland Animation Film Festival and the Special Prize for the International Animation Festival Hiroshima. In the live motion movies Watashi wa neko sutoka (I'm a cat stalker, 2008) and Gegege no nyobo (Gegege's wife, 2010) Oyama was in charge of making the animation clips…
Known for
2.6A woman is masturbating when a swarm of fish bursts out from all over her house to disturb her.
Nami
2000
NRA compendium of independent Japanese animation, featuring a wide range of experimental techniques from drawn animation to pixilation.
Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1
2013
NRA new wave is building within the Japanese independent animation scene. In Vol.3, discover the most promising stars of the next generation, with a particular focus on powerful female talents, who will dazzle you with their exhilaratingly original perspectives!
Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 3
2015
A quiet and disquieting story about a boy who reaches puberty and his family.
ハンドソープ
2008
7.7A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.
Tokyo Loop
2006
When injured or ill, the sense of our own body's physical existence, of which we are not normally aware, enters our consciousness. Swollen lumps, dull pain, infection, fevers, bleeding, etc.; particularly intense are childhood memories concerning the body. Using a collage of blown up shots of skin and subtly wavering stop-motion, the creator of this work makes us conscious of the fact that "we are simply bags of flesh".
Consultation Room
2005
Behind the camera
2.6A woman is masturbating when a swarm of fish bursts out from all over her house to disturb her.
Nami
2000
NRA compendium of independent Japanese animation, featuring a wide range of experimental techniques from drawn animation to pixilation.
Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1
2013
NRA new wave is building within the Japanese independent animation scene. In Vol.3, discover the most promising stars of the next generation, with a particular focus on powerful female talents, who will dazzle you with their exhilaratingly original perspectives!
Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 3
2015
A quiet and disquieting story about a boy who reaches puberty and his family.
ハンドソープ
2008
A quiet and disquieting story about a boy who reaches puberty and his family.
ハンドソープ
2008
7.7A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.
Tokyo Loop
2006
When injured or ill, the sense of our own body's physical existence, of which we are not normally aware, enters our consciousness. Swollen lumps, dull pain, infection, fevers, bleeding, etc.; particularly intense are childhood memories concerning the body. Using a collage of blown up shots of skin and subtly wavering stop-motion, the creator of this work makes us conscious of the fact that "we are simply bags of flesh".
Consultation Room
2005
NRThe walls of video rental shops in Japan are lined with hundreds upon hundreds of animation DVDs, but experimental and art animation on DVD are rare. To remedy this situation, Image Forum put together this showcase of the work of contemporary avant-garde animators trained in Kyoto and Tokyo.
Thinking and Drawing: Japanese Art Animation of the New Millennium
2005
A young boy becomes interested in the bodies of living things and starts to develop phobias after seeing a dog's corpse. Before long all manner of things begin to appear grotesque to him.
The Thaw
2004