Indie Forum [17th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award Screening]
The Burning Buddha Man
- Data
- Japan/2013/Color/80min
Language: Japanese / Subtitles: English - Director
- Ujicha
- Cast
- IGUCHI Yuka, TERADA Minori, HARA Chisako, KITAOKA Ryuki, HOSHI Mitsuko
- Synopsis
- Grotesque and bizarre, yet humorous and somehow joyful, this debut feature film by Kyoto Saga Art University garduate Ujicha uses hand-made and masterfully painted paper cutouts, animated by hand, to tell a story which mixes elements of Buddhism, Frankenstein and Ultraman. Schoolgirl Beniko's family is killed by a monster bent on stealing statues of Buddha, and she seeks revenge. Directed, scripted, animated, photographed and edited by Ujicha over a period of eighteen painstaking months, this is an audacious and entertaining debut.
- Website
Official Site- Photo Gallery
- 3/10(mon) Cine Nouveau
Director: Ujicha
Ujicha was attracted by "Geki-mation" (a mixed style of Manga and animation) and started creating his own works while in university. He directed, wrote, cinematographed, drew, edited, composed and dubbed everything by himself. His self-produced works, "Uchu yokai senso" and "Ginmaku no gyakushu" (Geki-mation part only) were highly acclaimed, which led him to create this film. Ujicha loves various film genres including horror, action, sci-fi, and spaghetti western.
| Date |
| 3/8(sat) 10:20 Cine Nouveau |
| 3/10(mon) 10:50 Cine Nouveau  Guest |
