Among the many artists which define Japanese art, Hidari Jingoro is perhaps one of the most interesting and important. There is also an air of mystery surrounding his works, considering it has not been proven whether he was a real person or not. What is certain, however, is his extraordinary craftsmanship, evident in his carving of a sleeping cat at Nikko Toshogu or the one of a dragon at Ueno Tosho-gu, to name but a few examples. The legend surrounding his name is also what inspired the team surrounding directors Masashi Kawamura and Iku Ogawa, whose short feature “Hidari” is meant as a taste (if you will) for a much longer story they want to tell in the future, using their skill as animators and visual storytellers.
Hidari is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
What we see in the five-minute short is a fight scene between the protagonist,...
Hidari is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
What we see in the five-minute short is a fight scene between the protagonist,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Wooden puppet stop-motion samurai awesomeness! A must watch! Hidari is a stop-motion animated film currently in development in Japan under the direction of Masashi Kawamura. The film recently finished a massive funding round on Kickstarter, and they've released a 5-minute pilot short to show everyone how this will look. It Rules!! I've always been a fan of stop-motion, but I've never seen anything like this. The film tells the story of "Jingoro Hidari," a legendary Edo-era craftsman. All characters are made by wood & animated frame-by-frame, just like how Jingoro's wooden sculptures came to life in his stories. This short mixes dynamic action as seen in Japanimation, and the rich analog expressions of stop-motion. "As a kid who was raised watching films by Ray Harryhausen, Kihachiro Kawamoto, and Phil Tippett, I always dreamt about one day creating a long length stop-motion animation film." I'm 100% in. Can't wait to see it finished.
- 4/27/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Stop what you're doing and watch this pilot film for a stop motion animated project out of Japan, a samurai sandalpunk project called Hidari. Hidari popped up on our radars yesterday and we're so smitten with the piece alone that we had to share. Not only is this short amazing on its own we found out that it was just part of the pitch for a feature length stop animated samurai flick. Take our money! The short is done in an animation style the lead director Masashi Kawamura says is called Japanimation. Kawamura cites influences like "Ray Harryhausen, Kihachiro Kawamoto, and Phil Tippett" as well. That's not a bad place to build off of. “Japanimation”– is an animation style born in Japan, that's...
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- 3/10/2023
- Screen Anarchy
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