Hara Keiichi

Hara Keiichi

Still: Lonely Castle in the Mirror
HARA Keiichi (1959, Japan) drew widespread praise for his irreverent animation feature Shin-chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001), and won numerous awards in Japan for Summer Days with Coo (2007). He subsequently became one of Japan’s most globally revered animation auteurs for his body of work, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival double award-winning Colorful (2010), Miss Hokusai (2015) and The Wonderland (2019). In 2018, he became the third animation director (following Isao Takahata and Katsuhiro Otomo) to receive a Medal with Purple Ribbon, awarded by the Japanese government to individuals who have made great contributions to artistic and academic fields. Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022) was selected for IFFR 2023.

Filmography

(selection) 21 Emon (1991, TV series), Crayon Shin-chan (1992, TV series), Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997), Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission (1998), Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle (1999), Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called the Jungle (2000), Shin Chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001), Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring States (2002), Summer Day with Coo (2007), Colorful (2010), Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story (2013), Miss Hokusai (2015), The Wonderland (2019), Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022, co-dir)

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