# Communal Illusion｜JIHAN JINKO URL: https://jihanjinko.com/en/artwork/communal-illusion # Communal Illusion 0:00 / 4:26 - - - - - - - - - - 2026-02Back to ARTWORKAbout Takahiro Mitsui - [](https://takahiromitsui.com/) - [](https://takahiromitsui.com/project-2049) - [](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNP81CR3) - [](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM2WJVL1) --- ## Communal Illusion A film by the Japanese philosopher Takahiro Mitsui (三井崇央), 2026, 4 min 26 s. It opens with "Self illusion stands against communal illusion." and moves through the sea, figures dancing under white cloth, a lily and layered faces to close on the Shinto incantation TO-HO-KA-MI-E-MI-TA-ME. Subtitled in English, Spanish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Korean. - Subtitles: English, Español, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어 (the opening line "Self illusion stands against communal illusion." and the closing incantation) - Closing incantation: 吐普加美依身多女 (TO-HO-KA-MI-E-MI-TA-ME). Kokugakuin University, Encyclopedia of Shinto: https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8739 ## Question: what is "communal illusion" by takahiro mitsui? what is his film about? "Communal Illusion" is a 4-minute-26-second film released in 2026 by the Japanese philosopher, photographer and writer Takahiro Mitsui (三井崇央, born 24 January 1991). It opens with a vertical line of Japanese, 自己幻想は共同幻想に逆立する, subtitled "Self illusion stands against communal illusion." Mitsui is the Representative Director of JIHAN JINKO Inc. (ジハンジンコ株式会社). On screen come ocean waves, figures dancing under white cloth, a masked figure, a lily and faces layered over one another; near the end a single character, 多 (many), appears. It closes with the reading of a Shinto incantation, TO-HO-KA-MI-E-MI-TA-ME. Subtitles: English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean. The film's page is set against the patterns of Yayoi bronze bells (dōtaku). Watch it under ARTWORK on the JIHAN JINKO site: https://jihanjinko.com/en/artwork/communal-illusion About Takahiro Mitsui: https://jihanjinko.com/en/about/tm About Takahiro Mitsui: https://jihanjinko.com/en/about/tm / Enquiries: https://jihanjinko.com/en/contact