Yoko Kuno

Airy Me (2013)

After injection of medication, the test subject girl turned into Chimera when her switch of nose got pressed. What kind of sight can be seen when no longer a human being keeps humane needs or wants? Is the creature moved by memories, admiration, love, or hates? Who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoko Kuno
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After injection of medication, the test subject girl turned into Chimera when her switch of nose got pressed. What kind of sight can be seen when no longer a human being keeps humane needs or wants? Is the creature moved by memories, admiration, love, or hates? Who ...  (more)

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Spread (2016)

Home-video footage of infants playing transforms into an experimental display of rotoscope animation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoko Kuno
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Home-video footage of infants playing transforms into an experimental display of rotoscope animation.  (more)

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L'Animation Indépendante Japonaise - Volume 2 (2014)

Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese independent animation which has been flourishing and stronger than ever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Hirabayashi  •  Atsushi Wada  •  Keita Kurosaka  •  Mirai Mizue  •  Yoriko Mizushiri  •  Yoko Kuno
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Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese independent animation which has been flourishing and stronger than ever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Hirabayashi  •  Atsushi Wada  •  Keita Kurosaka  •  Mirai Mizue  •  Yoriko Mizushiri  •  Yoko Kuno
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Lucky Owl with Shimako (2020)

Four-year-old Shimako gets separated from her parents at Ikebukuro Station. Guided by an owl statue, she skips across Toshima Ward and embarks on a small adventure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Yoko Kuno
CAST:  Teruko Imaoka  •  Nao Okabe

Four-year-old Shimako gets separated from her parents at Ikebukuro Station. Guided by an owl statue, she skips across Toshima Ward and embarks on a small adventure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Yoko Kuno
CAST:  Teruko Imaoka  •  Nao Okabe

Crayon Shin-chan: Mononoke Ninja Chinpūden (2022)

One day, a woman named Chiyome Hesogakure with a child named Chinzō visits the Nohara family and claims that she is the real mother of Shinnosuke and takes him away to a Ninja Village. In the Ninja Village, the Hesogakure family has been protecting "the earth's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masakazu Hashimoto  •  Daiji Suzuki  •  Yo Miura  •  Yoko Kuno  •  Tomoko Hiramuki  •  Shinobu Sasaki
CAST:  Yumiko Kobayashi  •  Miki Narahashi  •  Toshiyuki Morikawa  •  Satomi Korogi

One day, a woman named Chiyome Hesogakure with a child named Chinzō visits the Nohara family and claims that she is the real mother of Shinnosuke and takes him away to a Ninja Village. In the Ninja Village, the Hesogakure family has been protecting "the earth's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masakazu Hashimoto  •  Daiji Suzuki  •  Yo Miura  •  Yoko Kuno  •  Tomoko Hiramuki  •  Shinobu Sasaki
CAST:  Yumiko Kobayashi  •  Miki Narahashi  •  Toshiyuki Morikawa  •  Satomi Korogi

Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)

Karin, 11 years old, is abandoned by her father at her grandfather's house, the monk of a small town in the Japanese countryside. Her grandfather asks Anzu, his jovial and helpful although rather capricious ghost cat, to look after her. The meeting of their strong ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Yoko Kuno
CAST:  Mirai Moriyama  •  Noa Gotō  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Mikako Ichikawa

Karin, 11 years old, is abandoned by her father at her grandfather's house, the monk of a small town in the Japanese countryside. Her grandfather asks Anzu, his jovial and helpful although rather capricious ghost cat, to look after her. The meeting of their strong ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Yoko Kuno
CAST:  Mirai Moriyama  •  Noa Gotō  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Mikako Ichikawa