Directing
Akira Hoshino
Born in 1948. Graduated from Tama School of Art. Ever since he discovered 8mm film in the 1960s, he has been exploring for a new personal image by using celluloid. In 1970, he organized the independent screening group , and he has been working on various screening all over the country for more than 50 years. His main literary work “Filmmaking – an introduction to Kojin-eiga” is not only became a reference for independent filmmakers, but also played a establishing the concept of “Kojin-eiga” in Japan. He served as a Professor at Tama Art University (from 2001 to 2017), and jury members at Pia film festival [PFF](from 1979 to 1987).
Acting credits
7.0Collective experimental film by Team 8mm TENGOKU.
I Sense Someone, I See Someone, There Is Someone
2010
NRA documentary on the Associations of Silverpencils screening hosted in Higashimurayama. The Film features 8mm films and interviews.
Fujica Single Green
2013
NRKenji Onishi short film time-lapse projection at YIDFF 2013 (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival).
Film workshop when there is no more FILM!
2013
Behind the camera
5.0Collective experimental film by Team 8mm TENGOKU.
Open Eyes
2012
8.0Collective experimental film by Team 8mm TENGOKU.
Lost Way
2011
NRSecond film of Akira Hoshino's "Closed School Trilogy".
In the Spring Season
1992
NRFirst film of Akira Hoshino's "Closed School Trilogy".
FIX-TONE
1991
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Possesed by a White Shadow
1980
Experimental short by Akira Hoshino.
絆
1967
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Shinako On The Back
1989
7.0Collective experimental film by Team 8mm TENGOKU.
I Sense Someone, I See Someone, There Is Someone
2010
NRShot in Venice by the sea at night, struck by a thousand lights.
Closed Eyes
1999
NRA feature-length film based on the play “A Dog’s Memory” by scriptwriter and Hoshino’s mentor Takahashi Tatsuo [高橋辰雄]. This film depicts the wandering journey of two women who came to Tokyo from Hiroshima but found themselves with nowhere to go. And, the story later leads to the sequel, “There Are Bats Here Too” [ここにもコーモリ] (1987), and its spin-off, “Shinako on the back” [背中でしな子] (1989).
One Morning, a Dog
1986
NRExperimental 8mm short by Akira Hoshino.
EVERY DAY , EVERY TIME
2001
Experimental short by Akira Hoshino.
別離
1967
NREpilogue to Akira Hoshino's "Closed School Trilogy".
BEFORE DOZE OFF
1998
Experimental short by Akira Hoshino.
ガニ股番外地 望郷篇
1968
NRExperimental 8mm short by Akira Hoshino.
SHADOW of THE SKY
1998
No synopsis available yet.
ホコマ
1966
NR8mm short film by Akira Hoshino.
Remembrance A Few Minute Before
1994
NRThe oldest surviving work by Hoshino. A short drama about three young men and one girl. Rather than remaining confined to the typical image of youth often found in student films, it is filled throughout with experimental attempts, revealing the early seeds of ideas that would later connect to Hoshino’s subsequent works. A playful and pop-infused piece that strongly evokes its era.
The tentative title called reversal
1969
No synopsis available yet.
皮膚を灼かれるように泣き叫ぶ少年の声
1970
NRExperimental film by Team Anadoruna (Akira Hoshino with Hairo members).
FUI NI MAU
2017
NR8mm film by Akira Hoshino.
Have a nice day
1974
No synopsis available yet.
やっぱり猫
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Yesterday's Snow
1982
No synopsis available yet.
地から
1994