Kihachiro Kawamoto's Animated Films
The Sackler Gallery will show special animated films by Kihachiro Kawamoto on Friday, June 23, 2006 at 7 pm and on Sunday, June 25 at 2 pm in the Meyer Auditorium.
The films incorporate the traditional aesthetics of Noh drama, Bunraku puppet theater, and kabuki influence. The films feature puppets and paper cut-outs and span the director's career.
Program One (Friday, June 23 at 7 pm): The Trip (1973 / 12 min.), House of Flame (1979 / 19 min.), To Shoot without Shooting (1988 / 25 min.), Briar-Rose or The Sleeping Beauty (1990 / 22 min.), A Poet's Life (1974 / 19 min.), and Anthropo-cynical Farce (1970 / 8 min.)
Program Two (Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 2 pm): Breaking of Branches Is Forbidden (1968 / 14 min.), The Demon (1972 / 8 min.), Dojoji Temple (1976 / 19 min.), and The Book of the Dead (2005 / 70 min.)
For further information, see the Sackler website at http://www.asia.si.edu/
The films incorporate the traditional aesthetics of Noh drama, Bunraku puppet theater, and kabuki influence. The films feature puppets and paper cut-outs and span the director's career.
Program One (Friday, June 23 at 7 pm): The Trip (1973 / 12 min.), House of Flame (1979 / 19 min.), To Shoot without Shooting (1988 / 25 min.), Briar-Rose or The Sleeping Beauty (1990 / 22 min.), A Poet's Life (1974 / 19 min.), and Anthropo-cynical Farce (1970 / 8 min.)
Program Two (Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 2 pm): Breaking of Branches Is Forbidden (1968 / 14 min.), The Demon (1972 / 8 min.), Dojoji Temple (1976 / 19 min.), and The Book of the Dead (2005 / 70 min.)
For further information, see the Sackler website at http://www.asia.si.edu/
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