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| | SF Station: THE PUPPET ANIMATION OF KIHACHIRO KAWAMOTO: |
 | | It was on the advice of puppet master and filmmaker JirĂ Trnka, with whom he briefly studied in Prague, that Kawamoto turned to Japan's aesthetic traditions for his subject matter. |
 | | Drawing on ancient legends and contemporary short novels, as well as Noh, Kabuki, and Bunraku doll theater, Kawamoto's haunting, poetic films speak of passion and loss, and worlds populated by ghosts and demons. |
 | | Kawamoto returned to Trnka's animation studio in Prague to make To Shoot Without Shooting (Fusha no sha) (1988, 25 mins), based on a story by Atsushi Nakajima; and the exquisite yet unconventionally told fairy tale Briar-Rose, or the Sleeping Beauty (Ibarahime mata manemurihime) (1990, 22 mins). |
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