UMMMI. Movies

Footage from a party. The Smiths' song "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is sung by the partygoers.

"Janitor of Lunacy follows a young woman’s descent into a digital wormhole via her obsession with a BDSM account run by an unknown user. The...

Hikari is a newly expectant mother cohabiting with her boyfriend Taro. However, their relationship seems to be on the rocks. The couple has had...

Video installation by UMMMI.

"Ummmi’s Lonely Girl features a young Shibuya girl, sometimes she messes things up, sometimes she is sad or depressed but she lives her life...

"This installation piece explores the forewarning signs which occur before a defining event taking place. It develops through a mixture of...

"I made this video because my grandmother had erotomania. Erotomania is a type of schizophrenia where the sufferer can’t distinguish between...

Former gangsters, former homeless people, abuse victims, people struggling with the meaning of life... these hurt and lovable "sinners" gather at a...

A film inspired by Italian author Cesare Pavese’s novel called The Beautiful Summer

"This experimental melodrama follows Hikari, and her boyfriend Taro’s visit to his family home. While there Hikari forms an unexpected...

"Whilst staying for 3 months in New York City in 2014, I noticed that the city had a unique presence of psychic stores. Seeing their signs on the...

Video installation by UMMMI.

"A couple with some issues has just moved into the town. Driving through the town, they saw many “weird” people from a car window. They...

"One day when surfing through the internet, a young women discovers an old blog from several years ago. She attempts to delete it but cannot remember...

"This work takes the form of a private home video, left unseen, which probes the relationship between love and suicide. Hinging upon Goethe’s...

Video installation by UMMMI.

Short by UMMMI.

Short by UMMMI.

I encountered Rinsaga randomly while travelling in Japan. When we met, he’d just got out of jail after being inside for two years. He told me...

Short film by UMMMI.