Balance
A Short film of
Production year2018
Runtime
6m
Synopsis
On a Japanese mountainside, Sansei conducts his annual counting of pebbles. A little further down, hidden in a bush, Shibagaki waits with a pebble in his hand for a human to pass by. It won't be long before the two spirits meet. Meanwhile, two Kabuki actors are on stage playing out the same story.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : EMCA - École des Métiers du Cinéma d'Animation
Full credits (6)
- Screenwriter : Alice Lahourcade
- Music Composer : Mathieu Dethoor
- Voice : Yoko Brunet, Kazumi Sakamoto
- Voice-overs : Yoko Brunet, Kazumi Sakamoto
- Sound Editor : Damien Saada
- Sound Mixer : Damien Saada
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Under-the-camera animation, 2D animation, Paper cut-outs, Fantasy, Fairy tale
- Themes : Mountains, Conflict, Theater, Traditions, Legends
- Production language : Japanese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 6 min 56 seconds
- Production formats : Digital creation - Photographic camera
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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