July 1, 1975
Release Date

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Atman (1975)

Name: Atman
Genre: Animation, Horror
Released: 1975-07-01

12m

Running Time

July 1, 1975
Release Date

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Plot.

ĀTMAN is a visual tour-de-force based on the idea of the subject at the centre of the circle created by camera positions (480 such positions). Shooting frame-by-frame the filmmaker set up an increasingly rapid circular motion. ĀTMAN is an early Buddhist deity often connected with destruction; the Japanese aspect is stressed by the devil mask of Hangan, from the Noh, and by using both Noh music and the general principle of acceleration often associated with Noh drama.

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Cast & Crew.

Toshio Matsumoto

Director / Editor

Toshie Iwasa

Editor

Matsuo Ohno

Sound Designer

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Music

Hiroshi Yamazaki

Director of Photography

Kenji Takama

Director of Photography

Media.

Details.

Release Date
July 1, 1975

Original Name
アートマン

Status
Released

Running Time
12m

Genres
Animation Horror

Last updated: 2024-10-13

This Movie Is About.

avant-garde

experimental

Wiki.

Ātman (Japanese: アートマン, Hepburn: Ātoman) is a 1975 Japanese experimental short film directed by Toshio Matsumoto. The film depicts a figure sitting in an outdoor environment and wearing a robe and a Hannya mask. The film features receding and shifting images captured in a frame-by-frame manner; though these shots resemble zooms and pans, they were actually derived from positioning the camera on a series of a points.