Kodomo no keijijogaku
A Child's Metaphysics

The film

• Film identity

  Original title: Kodomo no keijijogaku

  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: 2007

  Running time: 05 min 08 s

• Technique

  Category: Short film out of competition

  Techniques used: Drawing on paper

  Process: Colour

  Target public: All audiences

• Credits

  Directed by: Koji YAMAMURA

  Production: YAMAMURA ANIMATION, INC., Koji YAMAMURA

  Distribution: SHOCHIKU CO., LTD., Tareya ITO

  Script: Koji Yamamura

  Graphics: Koji Yamamura

  Storyboard: Koji Yamamura

  Layout: Koji Yamamura

  Sets: Koji Yamamura

  Animation: Koji Yamamura

  Camera: Koji Yamamura

  Compositing: Koji Yamamura

  Music: Sergei Prokofiev

  Sound: Koji Kasamatsu

  Editing: Koji Yamamura

  Voice: Kotaro Tsukamoto