Offbeat Heroes: Shorts
Nippon Visions ½
Present day ninjas are somewhat robbed of their function in our peaceful world. What do they think about life and themselves? This old school puppet animation movie was written, directed and shot by IITSUKA himself and produced in cooperation with the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.
Guests:
Yumi GOTO
Takashi IITSUKA
Ninja Theory
ニンジャセオリー
Present day ninjas are somewhat robbed of their function in our peaceful world. What do they think about life and themselves? This old school puppet animation movie was written, directed and shot by IITSUKA himself and produced in cooperation with the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.
ニンジャセオリー
Japan 2014
28 minutes
Director
Takashi IITSUKA
Script
Takashi IITSUKA
Cinematography
Takashi IITSUKA
Music
Atsushi INOUE, Takashi IITSUKA
World sales
Takashi IITSUKA
Voice acting
Takumi SAITO, Yaeko KIYOSE, NAHANA, Ryuki KITAOKA, Takashi IITSUKA
About Takashi IITSUKA
Takashi IITSUKA (born 1985) studied Visual Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. In 2008 he founded the Waffen Film Studio in his hometown Ushiku. He makes films with puppets and miniatures almost exclusively on his own.
Paul Young
Yoichi TANAKA
Moosic Detective Kikuhiko Magari
ムージック探偵 曲菊彦
Kikuhiko MAGARI is a MOOSIC Detective. With his special “Magari-style” converter he can make music from any object and tries to find Yumeko’s missing mother. This extraordinary whodunit-comedy features music from the highly talented Noppo-no-Goonie.
ムージック探偵 曲菊彦
Moosic tantei Kikuhiko Magari
Japan 2012
50 minutes
Director
Paul Young, Yoichi TANAKA
Script
Paul Young, Yoichi TANAKA
Cinematography
Ryuichi SHIMOKAWA
Music
Noppo-no-Goonie
Production
Spotted Productions
World sales
Paul Young, Yoichi TANAKA
Cast
Fumio MORIYA, Erisa YANAGI, Yumi GOTO, Tadanori SEKIGUCHI, Manabu HOSOI
About Paul Young
Paul Young, born in 1985, worked as an assistant editor on several documentaries while studying at Nihon University College of Arts. He graduated from the Graduate School of Film and New Media at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2010.
About Yoichi TANAKA