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World Festival of Animated Film /
short film edition 3 - 8 June 2014
World Festival of Animated Film / short film edition 3 - 8 June 2014
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Konigiri-Kun - Tsunagatteru? / Konigiri-Kun: Connected?

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Konigiri-Kun - Tsunagatteru? / Konigiri-Kun: Connected?


Mari Miyazawa

Japan / 2023 / 5' 0''



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Synopsis


Konigiri-kun is a small onigiri rice ball. He is full of curiosity. Thus, whenever he finds a piece of string, he cannot resist pulling it! But wait a minute. What is that string connected to? Of course, it is connected to his friends and various things around him. But it is also connected to the universe, the past, and the future as well! What would you do if you were in his shoes?

Mari Miyazawa


Mari Miyazawa graduated from Nihon University, College of Art, Department of Fine Arts (1983), and from the Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media (2014). She worked as a graphic designer  of computer games until 2000. Since 2002, she has presented her oekaki bento (kyaraben) works as an exploration of 'food art'. She has had solo exhibitions in Ginza (Tokyo) and Umeda (Osaka). Since 2007 she has directed short animated films using food as material, aired on J:COM (Japan's largest CATV channel).

 

Director

Mari Miyazawa


Production

NHK Enterprises, Inc.


Screenplay

Mari Miyazawa


Storyboard

Mari Miyazawa


Compositing

Mari Miyazawa


Sound

Oyatsu no Jikan


Music

Oyatsu no Jikan


Editing

Etsuko Kimura


Animation

Mari Miyazawa


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