In 1953, Ōtsuji also joined Gurafikku Shudan ("Graphic Group"), a group of photographers and designers, with whom he exhibited photography and collaborated on publications and other projects.大辻清司 武蔵野美術大学美術館・図書館所蔵作品目錄 = Ōtsuji Kiyoji: Photographs in the Collection of the Musashino Art University Museum & Library, 326. In 1955, Ōtsuji screened the experimental film Kine Calligraph at the 2nd Graphic Group Presentation. The film, produced with Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Saiko Tsuji, with a score by Tōru Takemitsu, involved painting directly onto film to create purely abstract effects. It was an early example of abstract film in Japan.
