Mt. Head
Mt. Head (Japanese: 頭山, Hepburn: Atamayama) is a 2002 Japanese animated short film. It was nominated at the 75th Academy Awards in the category of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[1][2] It is based on Japanese rakugo of the same title, with a slightly modernized settings.
| Mt. Head | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Koji Yamamura |
| Written by | Shōji Yonemura |
| Based on | Rakugo "頭山" |
| Starring | Takeharo Kunimoto |
Production company | Yamamura Animation |
Release date | 2002 |
Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
A stingy man eats the pits of some cherries, causing a tree to grow on top of his head. When crowds start converging and partying on his head, being noisy, he got annoyed and uproots the tree. Rainwater pours in the hole, creating a lake. After that, a lot of swimmers converge on this lake, and his head is too noisy again. Enraged, the man commits suicide by throwing himself into the lake on his own head.[3]
Plot of the original rakugo version
The original differs in that, he ate just one cherry with its pit, and instead of swimmers, a lot of anglers converge on his lake and fish hooks are hooked to the man's eyelid and nose.
References
- "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- Short Film Oscar Winners® in 2003-Oscars on YouTube
- Animation Show of Shows
External links
- The animation
- Koji Yamamura. Mt. Head. YouTube. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- Atama-yama on IMDb(Mt. HEAD (Mount Head))
- The rakugo
- Tatekawa, Shinoharu (19 March 2018). Atama Yama (mp3). Rakugo - Japanese traditional style comedy (FM radio broadcast). Japan. Tokyo FM. Retrieved 11 November 2019.