Kihachiro Kawamoto Film Works (1968-1990)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 | Cover + DVD Scan | 02:30:50 | 7,06 Gb
Audio: Japanese (mostly) AC3 2.0 | Subs: English (for details see below)
Genre: Animation, Art-house, Experimental
If Japanese animation is gaining an ever-increasing legion of overseas admirers, the work of those active outside of the nation's major studios still appears to be bewilderingly overlooked. One such character is Kihachiro Kawamoto, a pioneer in the neglected field of stop motion puppet animation. Born in 1925, Kawamoto has been working in the medium since the 50s, but it was not until a fortuitous meeting with the Czech maestro Jiri Trnka that his puppets truly began to take on a life of their own.