Winter Days

Story

Synopsis

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names in animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long).

Directors

Yuri Norstein, Co Hoedeman, Kihachiro Kawamoto

Writers

Matsuo Bashou, Kihachiro Kawamoto

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

27 November 2003

Ensemble

Cast

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  Ryuta Kashiwagi

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  Noboru Mitani

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  Kyôko Kishida

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  Mutsumi Sasaki

• Joe Watanabe

• Kazutoyo Yoshimi