Animation film telling a story of an old lady who owns a souvenir shop in a tourist spot in Japan. The lady is busy with foreign tourists and kids who like to hang around the shop and sometimes she remembers her hardships before during and after the war. She is a typical example of the strange energy of the Japanese.
Also in this combined programme
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Yellow Night
Great scratching. Don’t think of a story or significance for a while. And look. Aren’t the drawings beautiful. -
Trip
Cheerfully sketched dream. Abstract, okay, but above all not too serious. Daydream and keep trying at the same time. A surprise. -
French
Paris seen through the eyes of a Japanese absinthe drinker. A hallucinogenic world of prints. -
Sea Roar
Fairytale animation fantasy about a fishing village. In reality it is peaceful, but in the hands of this animation master, it becomes an intriguing ni
Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 2003
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 18'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
