Tsuru shitae waka kan
Anthology with Cranes

The film

• Film identity

  Original title: Tsuru shitae waka kan

  Directed by: Koji YAMAMURA

  Born in Japan in 1964, Koji Yamamura graduated from Tokyo Zokei University in 1987 and founded Yamamura Animation, Inc. in 1993. His 2002 short "Mt. Head" was nominated for an Oscar and scored 6 Grand Prix at festivals, including Annecy, Zagreb and Hiroshima. In 2007, his film "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor" won the Grand Prix in Ottawa. He has also illustrated several children's books, is a sub-chairman for the Japan Animation Association and teaches at Tokyo University of the Arts.

  Country: Japan

  Year of production: 2012

  Running time: 01 min 55 s

• Technique

  Category: Short film

  Techniques used: Drawing on paper, 2D Computer

  Process: Colour

  Target public: All audiences

• Credits

  Directed by: Koji YAMAMURA

  Production: YAMAMURA ANIMATION, INC., Koji YAMAMURA

  Distribution: YAMAMURA ANIMATION, INC., Koji YAMAMURA

  Based on: "Anthology with Cranes", Sotatsu Tawaraya

  Sound: Kasamatsu Koji