1988 Anime
Tang Lang Bu Chan
A cicada is resting high on a tree. It is chirping for all it’s worth and drinking in the dew, oblivious of a mantis behind. The mantis, bending over and arching up its front leg, is going to catch the cicada but does not know that there is an oriole beside it. The bird has stretched out its neck, ready to peck at the mantis. Again the oriole is unaware that a weasel is sneaking up to it. The three creatures all covet gains ahead without being aware of an imminent danger behind.
This short film was produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio using Chinese ink wash painting technique. It is based on the ancient Chinese fable "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind".
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Akuma no Kairozu
A film in which the one 60-story skyscraper that soars in the spaces between roofs spins with incredible speed. I centered the circumference with its 400 or 500 meter radius on the skyscraper and divided it into 48 sections, then took photographs from those spots and shot the photographs frame by frame.
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Kihachiro Kawamoto's Self-Portrait
A stop motion short film by Kihachiro Kawamoto. This short film humorously shows what happens when the artist creates a being that insists on 'creating' the artist.
Ikari no Daichi
This is a full-fledged 90-minute documentary about environmentalism, consumerism, and how Japanese agriculture has been gradually dying out since the 1950s in favor of Western consumer culture and imposed imports. Everything is based on documents, as befits a scientific work.
Renzou Kinoshita's Self-Portrait
The brief film was Renzou Kinoshita's answer to a challenge presented to the leaders of the international animation community to create animated self-portraits.
