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Takeharu Kunimoto | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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Bruno Metzger | ... |
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Directed by
| Kôji Yamamura | ... | (as Koji Yamamura) |
Written by
| Shôji Yonemura | ... | (screenplay) |
Music by
| Takeharu Kunimoto | ||
| Syzygys | ||
Editing by
| Kôji Yamamura | ... | (as Koji Yamamura) |
Production Design by
| Kôji Yamamura | ... | (as Koji Yamamura) |
Sound Department
| Kôji Kasamatsu | ... | sound designer (as Koji Kasamatsu) |
| Yoshiki Matsunaga | ... | sound effects designer |
Animation Department
| Chie Arai | ... | animator |
| Kôji Yamamura | ... | 2d cgi (as Koji Yamamura) / animator (as Koji Yamamura) / finisher (as Koji Yamamura) |
| Sanae Yamamura | ... | 2d cgi / finisher |
| Miho Yata | ... | 2d cgi / finisher |
Music Department
| Takeharu Kunimoto | ... | musician: shamisen |
| Hiromi Nishida | ... | musician: violin |
| Hitomi Shimizu | ... | musician: organ |
Additional Crew
| Aaron Berman | ... | translator: English |
| Sumire Kiyose | ... | translator: English |
| Ilan Nguyen | ... | translator: French |
Thanks
| Co Hoedeman | ... | thanks (as Co Hoedman) |
| Reiji Kitazato | ... | thanks |
| Takeshi Mabuchi | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Apollo Cinema Short Film Distribution (2003) (United States) (theatrical)
- Questar Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD) (on the 75th Academy Awards Short Films DVD)
- Bitter Films (2002) (United States)
- TV Tokyo (2002) (Japan) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Imagica (kinescope recording)
- Imagica (print)
- Video-Tech (voice recording)
- Video-Tech (video editing)
- Wonder Station (music recording)
- Tokyo TV Center (sound mixing)
Storyline
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Accompanied by a shamisen, a masterful storyteller verses his lyric and sad rakugo (a traditional form of Japanese verbal entertainment) of a stingy old man living in a squalid tiny apartment in Tokyo, who after scavenging a few cherries from the pavement, he eats them whole for fear of wasting the pits. Before long, a minuscule cherry tree sprouts unexpectedly atop his bulging head, and when all efforts to get rid of it are proven futile, he allows it to grow into a magnificent tree where people gather for hanami under its cherry blossoms. And then, when the hordes of men start being annoying, the desperate man takes a decision that will follow him for the rest of his life. Written by Nick Riganas |
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Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Featured in The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003). See more » |
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Finally, the man threw himself into his head pond. Narrator: and he died. See more » |