The exquisite short films of Kihachiro Kawamoto
(DVD)

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Brooklyn, NY : KimStim, Inc. :, [2008].
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1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound and silent, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Redwood Campus
Japanese DVD Exquisite 2008
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Published
Brooklyn, NY : KimStim, Inc. :, [2008].
Format
DVD
Language
jpn
UPC
698452206233

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Title from container.
General Note
Originally produced as short films from 1968-1979.
Creation/Production Credits
R�ealisation, Kihachiro Kawamoto.
Description
Breaking of branches is forbidden: A monk orders a young acolyte, who has a fondness for sake, to guard a cherry tree.
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Demon: Two brothers, living with their aged mother, go out into the forest to hunt. In the forest, a demon's arm attempts to overpower one of them. They cut off the arm and bring it home, only to find a more horrible fate at home.
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Farce anthropo-cynique: A dog race is interrupted by a ringmaster who mistreats the animals. The crowd becomes incensed and the ringmaster runs for his life.
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Trip: A young girl sets off on a surreal metaphysical voyage to the learn the pain and joy of life.
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Poet's life: A worker fired from a factory for demanding higher wages is plagued by ghastly nightmares. Based on a story by Kobo Abe.
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Dojoji Temple: On their way to worship at a Buddhist shrine, two monks stop over at the home of a young woman. Their hostess develops an all-consuming passion for the younger of the two, but he rejects her. When she finds that he has left, she follows him in the form of a serpent.
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House of flames: On his way to the capital, a Buddhist monk stops over in a hamlet to ask the villagers the way to an ancient monument known as the Seeker's Mound. Though they cannot help him, he comes upon it by chance and meets the ghost of a young woman who, five centuries before, was loved by two men, a poet and a warrior. When they shot a paradise duck in order to prove their worth, she was overcome by guilt and drowned herself. As a result her suitors concluded a suicide pact and ever since her soul has been in torment, enveloped in a house of flame.
System Details
DVD ; NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Language
In Japanese or French with optional English subtitles.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kawamoto, K. (2008). The exquisite short films of Kihachiro Kawamoto . KimStim, Inc. :.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kawamoto, Kihachir�o, 1925-2010. 2008. The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto. KimStim, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kawamoto, Kihachir�o, 1925-2010. The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto KimStim, Inc., 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kawamoto, Kihachir�o. The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto KimStim, Inc. :, 2008.

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