The read
It runs a compact 43m.
Synopsis
An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names in animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long).
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
21 audience votes
Key crew
- Kihachiro KawamotoDirector
- Jacques DrouinDirector
- Co HoedemanDirector
- Yuri NorsteinDirector
- Raoul ServaisDirector
- Shinichi SuzukiDirector
- Isao TakahataDirector
- Koji YamamuraDirector
- Yuichi ItoDirector
- Yôji KuriDirector
- Keita KurosakaDirector
- Mark BakerDirector
- Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
- Břetislav PojarDirector
- Aleksandr PetrovDirector
- Yoichi KotabeDirector
- Reiko OkuyamaDirector
- Wang BorongDirector
- Kihachiro KawamotoWriter
- Reiko YokosukaDirector
- Fumio OiDirector
- Tatsutoshi NomuraDirector
- Haru FukushimaDirector
- Takuya IshidaDirector
- Noriko MoritomoDirector
- Tatsuo ShimamuraDirector
- Maya YoneshoDirector
- Uruma DelviDirector
- Seiichi HayashiDirector
- Azuru IsshikiDirector
- Katsushi BowdaDirector
- Masahiro KatayamaDirector
- Yuko AsanoDirector
- IKIFDirector
- Norio HikoneDirector
- Masaaki MoriDirector
- Taku FurukawaDirector
- Fusako YusakiDirector
Cast
- Ryuta KashiwagiCast
- Noboru MitaniCast
- Kyôko KishidaCast
- Mutsumi SasakiCast
- Joe WatanabeCast
- Kazutoyo YoshimiCast
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Themes
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