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Kawamoto & Okamoto

Japanese animations 1: Tadanari Okamoto
Japanese animations 2: Kihachiro Kawamoto


Kihachiro Kawamoto's (b.1925) stylish puppet animations were so popular at the Tampere Film Festival last year that the screening gets a rerun this year, supplemented with some new-found gems. The Shoot without Shooting (1988) is a tale of an archer, and Briar-Rose or The Sleeping Beauty (1990) is a beautiful princess fairytale, one of Kawamoto's most recent works. Dojoji Temple and House of Flame are based on ancient Japanese horror mythology. The elegant works of Kihachiro Kawamoto, the great master of Japanese puppet animation, form a fabulous continuation to the centuries-old traditions of Japanese art and no-theatre.
Tadanari Okamoto (1931-1990) worked with Kawamoto. His charming puppet films turn the old Japanese legends and tales into images. At the Tampere Film Festival you have the chance to see Towards the Rainbow (1977), The Magic Fox 1982), and A Well-ordered Restaurant (1991), which was finished by Kawamoto after Okamoto's death.

Friday 7.3. Pakkahuone, at 14.00

Japanese animations 1: Tadanari Okamoto

  • Tadanari Okamoto: MOCHI-MOCHI NO KI / MOCHI-MOCHI PUU, Japani 1972, 17 min, A
  • Tadanari Okamoto: NIJI NI MUKATTE / TOWARDS THE RAINBOW / SATEENKAARTA KOHTI, Japani 1977, 20 min , A
  • Tadanari Okamoto: OKON JORURU / THE MAGIC FOX / TAIKAKETTU, Japani 1983, 26 min, A
  • Tadanari Okamoto: CHUMONNO OI RYORITEN / A WELL-ORDERED RESTAURANT / KAUHUJEN TALO, Japani 1991, 19 min, A

Saturday 8.3. Pakkahuone, at 22.00

Japanese animations 2: Kihachiro Kawamoto

  • Kihachiro Kawamoto: ONI / THE DEMON / PAHOLAINEN, Japani 1972, 8 min, A
  • Kihachiro Kawamoto: DOJOJI / DOJIJI TEMPLE / DOJOJIN TEMPPELI, Japani 1976, 19 min, A
  • Kihachiro Kawamoto:KATAKU / HOUSE OF FLAME / LIEKKIEN TALO, Japani 1979, 19 min, A
  • Kihachiro Kawamoto: FUSHOA NO SHA / THE SHOOT WITHOUT SHOOTING, Japani 1988, 25 min, A
  • Kihachiro Kawamoto: BRIAR-ROSE OR THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Japani 1990, 21 min, A

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