Yôji Kuri

Yôji Kuri

1928-04-09
96 (2024-11-24)
Sabae City, Fukui, Japan

Yôji Kuri was a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker. He was the unofficial leader and most prolific of the "Animation Association of Three" collective who kick-started the renaissance of modern-styled, independently made, adult-aimed animation in early 1960s Japan.

Sabae City, Fukui, Japan

Yôji Kuri was a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker. He was the unofficial leader and most prolific of the "Animation Association of Three" collective who kick-started the renaissance of modern-styled, independently made, adult-aimed animation in early 1960s Japan.

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Love 1964 (4.923)

A short experimental anime about a woman desperately in love. Made by Yoji Kuri, a well-known Japanese indie animator.
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Winter Days 2003 (5.9)

Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is 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 of 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).
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Aos 1964 (4.625)

An abstract animation about people and organs of the body in and out of drawers.