Animation Competition
Animation②(Total 56min.)
De_Riria_Subasutaimu/ Hunter and the Priest/Recruit Rhapsody/Snow Hut/Playground/Daily Lives at Daisy Lodge/Boxman
*in no particular order
7.21(Mon)14:30
7.25(Fri)17:00
[ Animation① Animation② ]
De_Riria_Subasutaimu
<2013/Japan/13min>
A husband who lost his child leaves his wife at the hospital. He is on his way home in despair, and begins to realize that a sense of guilt is haunting him as he falls asleep. A unique look into the world without dialogues.
©Shinsaku Hidaka
Director:Shinsaku Hidaka
Hunter and the Priest
<2013/Japan/6min>
A monk has been dedicated to training in the mountains. The hunter respects and adores him. One day, the monk tells the hunter about the miracle he experienced. Based on an classic episode from “A Collection of Tales from Uji”.
©Yusuke Sakamoto
Director:Yusuke Sakamoto
Recruit Rhapsody
<2012/Japan/7min>
An ordinary college girl is sucked into the frenetic job hunting, where all her friends dive into with dog-eat-dog vigor and crazed ambition. A potent look at one of Japanese social phenomenon with a dose of black humor.
©2012 MAHO YOSHIDA / TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
Director:Maho Yoshida
Snow Hut
<2013/Japan/5min>
There stands a snow hut in the middle of a rice field. An imaginative animation that portrays the snow hut standing in the white quiet space and eventually dissolving and melting away in spring.
© Yoriko Mizushiri
Director:Yoriko Mizushiri
Playground
<2013/Japan/5min>
Alone at school and home, a lonely boy finds a wall in an abandoned lot. He begins to draw a map of his own imaginary town, but another boy imitates him and they start fighting.
Director:Ryosuke Oshiro
Daily Lives at Daisy Lodge
<2013/Japan/8min>
Bear, Acorn, Fried Shrimp, and Reading Glasses live quietly in the Daisy Lodge. A resonant portrait of four lives from one summer morning till one cold winter morning.
©Wakai Manami/Tokyo University of the Arts
Director:Manami Wakai
Boxman
*No English Subtitles <2013/Japan/12min>
A lifeless young man has no job and locks himself up in his room. One day, out of hunger, he eats fungus that grew on his futon bed. That night, he receives an e-mail from Boxman. A fantastical tale of wonder.
©アトリエ036
Director:Osamu Kaneko