Junk Films

Junk Films with English subtitles is a 2007 Japanese experimental documentary directed by Kiyotaka Tsurisaki, is a haunting visual essay that explores the raw and often disturbing realities of death, war, and human suffering. Blending documentary footage with artistic abstraction, the film presents a series of short, wordless vignettes that confront the viewer with the aftermath of conflict, famine, disaster, and decay. Without narration or dialogue, Tsurisaki allows stark imagery to speak for itself, offering an unfiltered, unsettling meditation on mortality through the lens of someone deeply familiar with death’s many faces.

Kiyotaka Tsurisaki began his career as a still photographer, gaining notoriety for his raw and controversial images of real-life corpses, crime scenes, and disaster zones.

Throughout his career, Tsurisaki has photographed more than a thousand dead bodies across the globe — often in war zones or areas struck by catastrophe.

His work has frequently sparked outrage and has been subject to bans, censorship, and legal trouble in Japan due to its graphic nature and ethical questions.

Junk Films contains no narration or spoken words. It relies entirely on visuals and ambient sound to deliver its bleak yet thought-provoking message about mortality and human suffering.

The film draws inspiration from 1960s mondo shockumentaries and avant-garde cinema, mixing documentary realism with artistic surrealism.