Tsumamareru Koma

Bring me up

Almost everyone in our contemporary society is picked up and moved by someone or something like a Sugoroku. The first ones to pick us up are "Parents". A boy grows up along a "Sugoroku". This work describes the process of his growth during which he depends on his parents. His family plays the parts of roles in "Sugoroku". His father runs a dice and his mother picks him up, and he goes on his way passively. But until when does this family system like a Sugoroku continue? One day the boy decides to cut off his relationship with his family...

Graduate Work by Tanaka Miki, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.

(Source: Geidai Animation)