Mt. Head
| Mt. Head | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Koji Yamamura |
| Written by | Shōji Yonemura |
| Based on | Rakugo "頭山" |
| Starring | Takeharo Kunimoto |
Production company | Yamamura Animation |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Mt. Head (Japanese: 頭山, Hepburn: Atamayama) is a 2002 anime short film. It was nominated at the 75th Academy Awards in the category of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]It is based on Japanese rakugo of the same title, with a slightly modernized setting.[3] A stingy man eats the pits of some cherries, causing a tree to grow on top of his head. When crowds start converging and partying on his head, being noisy, he gets annoyed and uproots the tree. Rainwater pours in the hole, creating a lake. After that, a lot of swimmers converge on this lake, and his head is too noisy again. Enraged, the man commits suicide by throwing himself into the lake on his own head.[4]
Plot of the original rakugo version
[edit]The original differs in that he ate just one cherry with its pit, and instead of swimmers, a lot of anglers converge on his lake and fish hooks are hooked to the man's eyelid and nose.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 5 October 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ^ Short Film Oscar Winners® in 2003-Oscars on YouTube
- ^ 三浦, 一紀 (2019-06-13). 第三回 山村浩二 大学院映像研究科アニメーション専攻教授 [3: Professor Kōji Yamamura]. Tokyo University of the Arts. クローズアップ藝大 (in Japanese). 「頭山」,「あたま山」. Archived from the original on 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ Animation Show of Shows
- ^ "英語落語公演"の開催について [Announcement of English rakugo performances (During November, 2011)]. Consulate General of Japan in Mumbai (in Japanese). 「あたま山」. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- English version of the announcement (but without plot summaries)
External links
[edit]- The animation
- Koji Yamamura. Mt. Head. YouTube. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- Atama-yama at IMDb (Mt. Head)
- The rakugo
- Tatekawa, Shinoharu (19 March 2018). Vol.49 Atama Yama (mp3). Rakugo - Japanese traditional style comedy (FM radio broadcast). Japan. Tokyo FM. Retrieved 11 November 2019. (Series entry page)