Tribute to Kihachiro Kawamoto, The Great Unknown Giant of Japanese Animation 2005 / Fusha no sha / Japan 1988
Ji Chang is without doubt an excellent archer but he longs to be the best in the world. Not even in his wildest dreams would he imagine that the greatest master needn’t even know what a bow looks like. Based on a story by Atsushi Nakajima, the director succeeded in harmonizing the athletic and spiritual levels of the plot.
Ji Chang is without doubt an excellent archer but he longs to be the best in the world. Thus he seeks out a master living in town who is able, at a distance, to shoot a single leaf off a tree. Over the course of several years, the apprentice visits the master a total of three times, and on each occasion he leaves with a task which is to improve his proficiency. After mastering the techniques, as well as his ambition, there is nothing left but to head for the mountains, home of a legendary old man with almost supernatural abilities.... Derived from Chinese tradition, the story was written by Atsushi Nakajima. In this Bildungsroman, the director succeeded in preserving the story’s spiritual dimension.
25 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Kihachiro Kawamoto
/ Screenplay Kihachiro Kawamoto, původní námět/the original story by Atsusi Nakajima
/ Dir. of Photography Minoru Tamura, Qiao Yuan Zheng
/ Music Jin Fu Zai
/ Producer Fukuma
/ Production Sakura Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
/ Cast Isao Hashizume (Japonský hlas/Japanese voice), Sun Dao Lin (Čínský hlas/Chinese voice)
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