RIP Kihachirō Kawamoto

September 22, 2010 5:04 AM

On August 23rd, the great Japanese stop-motion animator and president of the Japan Animation Association Kihachirō Kawamoto passed away at the age of 85. Here is a selection of his beautiful short films (available on DVD) __ Farce Anthropo - Cynique (1970) - The Demon (1972)

The Trip - aka Travel (1973) Part 1 Part 2

House of Flame (1979) Part 1 Part 2

To Shoot Without Shooting (1988) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Briar Rose (aka Sleeping Beauty) co-produced with Jiri Trnka(1990) Part 1 Part 2


Midnight Eye interview
IMDB

His 2005 feature Book of the Dead can be purchased here.

posted by louche mustachio (6 comments total)

Do you know what the Japanese screens (and Spanish subtitles) read in English for "The Demon," by any chance?
posted by theredpen at 8:24 AM on September 22, 2010

AH, sorry.

The Demon, with English subs.
posted by louche mustachio at 8:38 AM on September 22, 2010

Thanks. It was lovely, and scary. I'm sorry to hear of his death.
posted by theredpen at 9:13 AM on September 22, 2010

Beautiful animation! Thank you for bringing this to my attention!
posted by Slothrop at 10:30 AM on September 22, 2010

Watching Demon, I was immediately reminded of Screen Play by Barry Purves and realized that I had it backwards.
posted by plinth at 1:06 PM on September 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

Oh - and be aware that Screen Play has stop motion puppet nudity in it.
posted by plinth at 1:10 PM on September 22, 2010