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Glassy Ocean

Kujira no Chouyaku

Japan

1998

23 Min
Color
Japanese
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DIR Shigeru Tamura

PROD Mitsuo Shionaga

SCR Shigeru Tamura

CAST Eric Jacobsen, Hiroyuki Aoki, Ichirō Nagai, Kento Ogasawara, Masaharu Satou, Masatoshi Nagase, Masayuki Terashima, Noboru Mitani, Shinichi Tsuda, Takeshi Toshishige

MUSIC Yutoro Teshikai

Synopsis

On what apparently is a parallel world, time flows in a much slower pace than normal. The ocean remains on a solid state of matter as the eccentric individuals who inhabit this land casually wander over it.

Time has come to a standstill. A whale appears from a glassy ocean and spends half a day soaring gracefully across the skies. What makes this works extraordinary is the artist`s decision to use the transparency and visual bulk of 3D computer graphics only for the un-moving ocean and glaciers. The people, whale, and ships are all hand-drawn, and with this contrast, he invites the viewer into a different world. This is a poem written in animation, the creation of a true fantasy. This project was a considerable undertaking, and the results are marvelous. —animenewsnetwork.com

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10Mar12

"When you make a fire on top of the sea, water people will appear and sing a mysterious song."

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myersc

2Feb12

Makes one feel like a kid again.

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8Dec10

Watch it here: http://vimeo.com/11551079

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Kenji

14Apr10

Thanks so much for adding this; i couldn't even find Tamura's films on imdb not long back

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