The festival welcomes director KUNO Yoko and YAMASHITA Nobuhiro, along with producer KONDO Keiichi, for the making-of talk about “Ghost Cat Anzu” which is the feature film in the official selection.

Synopsis

11-year-old Karin is abandoned by her father at her grandfather’s house, the monk of a small town in the Japanese countryside. Her grandfather asks Anzu, his jovial, helpful, although rather capricious, ghost-cat to look after her. The clash of their strong characters causes sparks, at least at the beginning.

PROFILE

KUNO Yoko

While a student at Tama Art University, Her short animation “Airy Me” won numerous awards, including the Newcomer’s Award in the Animation Division of the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival, and was screened at numerous international film festivals. She was selected at the young age of 23 to direct the rotoscope for Iwai Shunji’s “The Case of Hana & Alice” (2015), and also worked on the OP animation for NHK Etelevision’s popular puppet show “Garapiko Pu~”. Her own book “Amagi Yatsuki no Tsuno to Ai” (The horns and love of Yatsuki Amagi) won the Newcomer’s Award in the Manga Division of the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival. She is active not only as an animator, but also as an illustrator, manga artist, and in many other fields.

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YAMASHITA Nobuhiro

Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1976. Graduated from Osaka University of Arts. His film “Linda, Linda, Linda” (2005), which began as a “bad boy trilogy,” was a smash hit, followed by “A Gentle Breeze in the Village” (2007), which won the Best Director Award at the 32nd Hochi Film Awards and the Japanese Film Excellence Award at the 62nd Mainichi Film Concours. Other films include “My Back Page” (2011), “Drudgery Train” (2012) starring Mirai Moriyama, “Tamako in Moratorium” (2013), and “Over the Fence ” (2004), steadily building on his career and establishing a style that combines creativity and entertainment. He continued to establish a style that combines creativity and entertainment, and “One Second Ahead, One Second Behind ” (23) and “Let’s Go Karaoke! “(23) was released in theaters.

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KONDO Keiichi

Producer from Shin-Ei Animation.

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