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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).
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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).
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Genre:Animation
Directed By:Kihachiro Kawamoto, Jacques Drouin, Co Hoedeman, Yuri Norstein, Raoul Servais, Shinichi Suzuki, Isao Takahata, Koji Yamamura, Yuichi Ito, Yôji Kuri, Keita Kurosaka, Mark Baker, Břetislav Pojar, Aleksandr Petrov, Yoichi Kotabe, Reiko Okuyama, Wang Borong, Reiko Yokosuka
Written By:Kihachiro Kawamoto
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Runtime:39 minutes
Studio:IMAGICA, Dentsu Tec
Cast
Kihachiro Kawamoto, Jacques Drouin, Co Hoedeman, Yuri Norstein, Raoul Servais, Shinichi Suzuki, Isao Takahata, Koji Yamamura, Yuichi Ito, Yôji Kuri, Keita Kurosaka, Mark Baker, Břetislav Pojar, Aleksandr Petrov, Yoichi Kotabe, Reiko Okuyama, Wang Borong, Reiko Yokosuka
Director
Ryuta Kashiwagi
Noboru Mitani
Kyôko Kishida
Mutsumi Sasaki
Joe Watanabe
Kazutoyo Yoshimi
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