Shimajiro: A World of Wow! The Song of Shimajaro and Kujira
Isamu Hirabayashi
Hiroshi Kawamata
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Isamu Hirabayashi
Shimajiro and friends embark on a journey through the desert to help young Coco reunite with her mother after being separated in a fierce sandstorm.
A man kills someone on the battlefield and rescues someone in the devastated district.
This is the fourth movie starring a tiger boy named Shimajiro.
My name is a “cockroach”. I was called that from childhood.
A special Decoder allows people to have conversations with nature.
A woman and her child get trapped underground while investigators look for them.
Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese independent animation which has been flourishing and stronger than ever.
An overturned dung beetle confronts social exclusion and the promises of a benevolent mountain spirit in this delightful short pregnant with meaning. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
One day a man had a strange audition for the movie. But he couldn't make acting good.
In the forest, a man is buried up to his waist and repeats an interminable and incomprehensible monologue. His seclusion is about to be disturbed by the arrival of a little boy.
Also Directed by Hiroshi Kawamata
A series of animations based on prize-winning short stories for women.
In the story, 33-year-old Kanazawa native Noriko had decided long ago not to accept an ordinary, provincial life for herself. So, she had gone to college in Tokyo, worked on her own, married a man at an elite trading firm, and had a child. She has just returned home from five years abroad with her husband and four-year-old son. However, she senses a large emptiness in her heart since coming back. Moreover, there is a man who shares a big secret with Noriko.
Papa has long promised his daughter Mika that he will take her to the beach during summer vacation, but as a golf caddy he keeps getting called into work when the weekend rolls around. This time, she even had a new inflatable toy she wanted to bring to share with her father and go swimming in the ocean together: A dugong she names Dudu. Unbeknownst to her, her father is very afraid of the water due to a childhood incident.