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The exquisite short films of Kihachiro Kawamoto

Author: 川本喜八郎, ; ; Kihachirō Kawamoto; Kino International Corporation.
Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : KimStim, Inc. : distributed exclusively by Kino, [2008] ©2008
Series: KimStim collection.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : Animation : NTSC color broadcast system : JapaneseView all editions and formats
Database:WorldCat
Summary:
Breaking of branches is forbidden: A monk orders a young acolyte, who has a fondness for sake, to guard a cherry tree.

Demon: Two brothers, living with their aged mother, go out into the forest to hunt. In the forest, a demon's arm attempts to overpower one of them. They cut off the arm and bring it home, only to find a more horrible fate at home.

Farce anthropo-cynique: A dog race is interrupted by a ringmaster who mistreats the animals. The crowd becomes incensed and the ringmaster runs for his life.

Trip: A young girl sets off on a surreal metaphysical voyage to the learn the pain and joy of life.

Poet's life: A worker fired from a factory for demanding higher wages is plagued by ghastly nightmares. Based on a story by Kobo Abe.

Dojoji Temple: On their way to worship at a Buddhist shrine, two monks stop over at the home of a young woman. Their hostess develops an all-consuming passion for the younger of the two, but he rejects her. When she finds that he has left, she follows him in the form of a serpent.

House of flames: On his way to the capital, a Buddhist monk stops over in a hamlet to ask the villagers the way to an ancient monument known as the Seeker's Mound. Though they cannot help him, he comes upon it by chance and meets the ghost of a young woman who, five centuries before, was loved by two men, a poet and a warrior. When they shot a paradise duck in order to prove their worth, she was overcome by guilt and drowned herself. As a result her suitors concluded a suicide pact and ever since her soul has been in torment, enveloped in a house of flame.  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Puppet films
Animated films
Film adaptations
Short films
Foreign language films
Drama
Material Type: Animation, Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: 川本喜八郎, ; ; Kihachirō Kawamoto; Kino International Corporation.
OCLC Number: 229136855
Language Note: In Japanese or French with optional English subtitles.
Notes: Title from container.
Originally produced as short films from 1968-1979.
Credits: Réalisation, Kihachiro Kawamoto.
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sound and silent, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in
Details: DVD ; NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Contents: Hanaori = The breaking of branches is forbidden (14 min., 1968, col.) --
Oni = The demon (8 min., 1972, col.) --
Farce anthropo-cynique = An anthropo-cynical farce (8 min., 1970, b&w;) --
Tabi (zenchōban) = The trip (12 min, 1973, col.) --
Shijin no shōgai = A poet's life (19 min., 1974, col.) --
Dōjōji = Dojoji Temple (19 min., 1976, col.) --
Kataku = House of flames (19 min., 1979, col.).
Series Title: KimStim collection.
Other Titles: Hanaori.
The breaking of branches is forbidden.
Oni.
Demon.
Farce anthropo-cynique.
Anthropo-cynical farce.
Tabi.
The trip.
Shijin no shōgai.
A poet's life.
Dōjōji.
Dojoji Temple.
Kataku.
House of flames.
Kihachiro Kawamoto short film collection
Responsibility: Kimstim ; [directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto].

Abstract:

Breaking of branches is forbidden: A monk orders a young acolyte, who has a fondness for sake, to guard a cherry tree.

Demon: Two brothers, living with their aged mother, go out into the forest to hunt. In the forest, a demon's arm attempts to overpower one of them. They cut off the arm and bring it home, only to find a more horrible fate at home.

Farce anthropo-cynique: A dog race is interrupted by a ringmaster who mistreats the animals. The crowd becomes incensed and the ringmaster runs for his life.

Trip: A young girl sets off on a surreal metaphysical voyage to the learn the pain and joy of life.

Poet's life: A worker fired from a factory for demanding higher wages is plagued by ghastly nightmares. Based on a story by Kobo Abe.

Dojoji Temple: On their way to worship at a Buddhist shrine, two monks stop over at the home of a young woman. Their hostess develops an all-consuming passion for the younger of the two, but he rejects her. When she finds that he has left, she follows him in the form of a serpent.

House of flames: On his way to the capital, a Buddhist monk stops over in a hamlet to ask the villagers the way to an ancient monument known as the Seeker's Mound. Though they cannot help him, he comes upon it by chance and meets the ghost of a young woman who, five centuries before, was loved by two men, a poet and a warrior. When they shot a paradise duck in order to prove their worth, she was overcome by guilt and drowned herself. As a result her suitors concluded a suicide pact and ever since her soul has been in torment, enveloped in a house of flame.

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