Junko's Shamisen
11 minutes /
Ages 13+ /
2010 /
Canada /
Average:
Animations / Dramas / Foreign / Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Thrillers
A young Japanese orphan, and her mystical friend, exact poetic justice on a malevolent samurai lord.
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Set in the rural backwoods of feudal Japan, a young peasant girl named Junko, returns home to discover her blind grandfather brutally murdered. Filled with despair, Junko, accompanied by a mystical fox spirit, abandons her old life and sets off for the village in search of better fortune. While begging, young Junko inadvertently encounters the evil samurai lord responsible for killing her grandfather and with the influence of the fox spirit, avenges her grandfather through an act of gruesome poetic justice.
Crew
Sound Recordist: Derek OxleySound Designer: Graham Rogers
Editor: Ross Wilson
Cinematographer: Vinit Borrison
Composer: Hiroya Miura
Stop-Motion Animator: Pete Levin
Lead Animator: Sol Friedman
SXSW Film Festival -- Best Short Animation (Nominated)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival -- Best Short (Nominated)
Nashville Independent Film Festival -- Best Short (Nominated)
Seattle International Film Festival -- Best Short (Nominated)
Boston Independent Film Festival -- Best Short (Nominated)
Atlantic Film Festival -- Best Short (Nominated)
Toronto After Dark Film Festival -- Best Short (Nominated)
Woodstock Film Festival -- Honorable Mention (Nominated)
deadCENTER Film Festival -- Best Short (Nominated)
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A little brutal in the end. And very well put together. Actually amazing.