川本喜八郎

Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 colle...

27 de nov. de 2003

A man who is on a pilgrimage spends the night with a woman. After they share a moment of passion, he runs away and she chases him.

31 de dez. de 1976

A short film based on a story by Japanese writer Kenji Miyazawa in which two young British hunters get lost in the woods and discover a strange res...

03 de ago. de 1991

An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.

01 de jun. de 1989

Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its for...

07 de out. de 1981

A sheltered aristocratic woman in feudal Japan, bored and unfamiliar with the world outside her estate, passes the time copying a special Buddhist ...

01 de jul. de 2005

On her fifteenth birthday the princess finds a diary written by her mother when she was young. The diary tells of the Queen's secret, early love. T...

10 de ago. de 1990

Two brothers, who are both hunters and live with their mother, go to the mountains to set traps for deer. Suddenly, a demon grabs the younger broth...

04 de mai. de 1972

Dog racing is used as a metaphor for the futility of human existence.

01 de jan. de 1970

The head monk orders a young acolyte to guard a beautiful cherry tree in the monastery garden while he goes out. But the older man underestimates h...

01 de mar. de 1968

A woman taking a trip encounters a nightmarish landscape juxtaposed against scenes of classical beauty.

01 de jan. de 1973

Um trabalhador foi demitido de uma fábrica por exigir um aumento no salario. Sua mãe, desgastada pela pobreza, está presa em sua própria roda. Entã...

01 de jan. de 1974

Ji Chang wants to be the best archer in the world. He seeks out a master who is able, at a distance, to shoot a single leaf off a tree. Over severa...

10 de jan. de 1988

Through puppets and animation, a traveler tells his story of walking through Settsu, coming to the town of Ikuta. He asks if someone can show him t...

31 de dez. de 1979

This collection of short films from stop-motion animator Kihachiro Kawamoto traces the arc of his career and the evolution of his craft across coun...

18 de jun. de 2014

A stop-motion animated TV series based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, featuring puppet art by Kihachirō Kawamoto. This is a historical picture scr...