Animation Maestro Gisaburo

Animeshi Sugii Gisaburo

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Genre

Documentary

Director

Masato Ishioka

Run time

1h 32min

It is very rare to see any type of documentary film or TV program dedicated to one Japanese anime creator, probably except Hayao Miyazaki. Seventy two year old Gisaburo Sugii is one of the founding fathers of Japanese animation. He is a wonderful human being and a great artist who has always driven himself to surpass his earlier work and has never allowed himself to be fettered by conventions.

His work includes some of the great masterpieces of Japanese animation, including Astro Boy, Dororo, Japanese Fairy Tales and Tatchi. All of Sugii’s work is hand drawn and his delicate lines encompass the eroticism of "A Thousand and One Nights", the emotional depth of Tachi, the beautiful silences and soul-searching depth of expression in the eyes of Giovanni the cat in his masterpiece, "Night On The Galactic Railroad".
This documentary also follows the development of the Japanese animation industry from its early years in the shadow of Disney to its emergence as an international cultural phenomenon and symbol of "Cool Japan".

Genre

Documentary

Director

Masato Ishioka

Run time

1h 32min

It is very rare to see any type of documentary film or TV program dedicated to one Japanese anime creator, probably except Hayao Miyazaki. Seventy two year old Gisaburo Sugii is one of the founding fathers of Japanese animation. He is a wonderful human being and a great artist who has always driven himself to surpass his earlier work and has never allowed himself to be fettered by conventions.

His work includes some of the great masterpieces of Japanese animation, including Astro Boy, Dororo, Japanese Fairy Tales and Tatchi. All of Sugii’s work is hand drawn and his delicate lines encompass the eroticism of "A Thousand and One Nights", the emotional depth of Tachi, the beautiful silences and soul-searching depth of expression in the eyes of Giovanni the cat in his masterpiece, "Night On The Galactic Railroad".
This documentary also follows the development of the Japanese animation industry from its early years in the shadow of Disney to its emergence as an international cultural phenomenon and symbol of "Cool Japan".

Info

Rating

For All Audiences

Production year

2012

Global distributor

-

Local distributor

Otaku MTÜ

In cinema

5/5/2013