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Yôji Kuri
Director 1928 - 2024

Yôji Kuri

Sabae City, Fukui, Japan

Yôji Kuri was a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker. He was the unofficial leader and most prolific of the "Animation Association of Three" collective who kick-started the renaissance of modern-styled, independently made, adult-aimed animation in early 1960s Japan.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

3 titles
Fuyu no hi

Fuyu no hi

Isao Takahata, Yuri Norstein 2003 39m 10.0

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators.

Aos

Yôji Kuri 1964 9m

An abstract animation about people and organs of the body in and out of drawers.

Ai

Ai

Yôji Kuri 1964 4m

A short experimental anime about a woman desperately in love. Made by Yoji Kuri, a well-known Japanese indie animator.

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