Ryo Orikasa

Movies

Miserable Miracle
Writer
An animated adaptation from Misérable Miracle by Henri Michaux (1956), on his experiences with mescaline.
Miserable Miracle
Director
An animated adaptation from Misérable Miracle by Henri Michaux (1956), on his experiences with mescaline.
Datum Point
Director
Yoshiro Ishihara (1915–1977), who burst upon the scene of Japanese modern poetry in the mid-1950s, is now remembered as a “poet of silence.” He said, “A poem is an impulse to resist writing.” This film is an attempt to seek out the landscape from his poem.
Scripta volant
Director
I try to set this work – a film using texts, or a film-book – between watching and reading. This film is dedicated to J.L. Borges, a great artist, who had translated The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde at his early childhood, became one of the greatest writers of the 20th century and continued to publish the works by dictation even after losing his eyesight.