JAPANESE PAPER FILM PROJECT
Live musical accompaniment by Duo Yumeno
Animal Olympics, a train excursion through the countryside, a brawl with an octopus, and belly-drumming raccoon-dogs are just a few of the delights of these recently preserved kami firumu. Faced with the influx of ever slicker imported animation in the 1930s Japan went low-tech, printing films on paper strips then gluing them together by hand. The Japanese Paper Film Project worked with Japanese museums, film archives, and individual collectors to digitize and preserve more than 200 surviving films from which this selection was taken.
Live musical accompaniment by Duo Yumeno
The acclaimed DUO YUMENO features Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto, shamisen, and voice) and Hikaru Tamaki (cello) blending traditional Japanese music with Western classical.
Details
Source
The Japanese Paper Film Project at Bucknell University
Country
Japan
Runtime
65 minutes
Format
DCP