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Mt. Head


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MT. HEAD (ATAMA YAMA) (2002)
2003 Academy Award Nominee - Best Animated Short Film
Technique: Traditional 2D Animation combined with CGI
Country: Japan
After a stingy man eats some cherry seeds, a cherry tree grows on his head. A modern interpretation of the traditional Japanese Rakugo story, "Atama-yama", set in contemporary Tokyo.

The director comments... "Through the nonsense Japanese old comic story Atama-yama, I wanted to express a mixed theme - a connection between one's identity and the public, and an everlasting idea such as the wonder of world being. This work is a completely independent project and took six years from planning to finish."

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Animated, Directed, and Edited by Koji Yamamura
Screenplay by Shoji Yonemura
Narration and Shamisen by Takeharu Kunimoto
Music by Takeharu Kunimoto Syzygys
Sound Design by Koji Kasamatsu
Based on the Original Story (rakugo), "Atama-yama"

Official Site: www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~yam/

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