A Brief Introduction to the Director of Winter

Kihachiro Kawamoto (192565438+1October 1 1) was born in Tokyo and is the most famous Japanese puppet animation master. Originally graduated from Yokohama Higher Technical School (now Yokohama National University) majoring in architecture, 1946 entered Dongbao Photography and Fine Arts Department. During 1948, Czech puppet artist Jiri Thangka visited Tokyo. When he saw the master's animation The Emperor's Nightingale, he was fascinated by the puppet animation. 1953, the first puppet film "The Magician" was made. In 1963-64, he went to Batanka, Prague [also known as Mr. movie master Eztolenka, the puppet] as a teacher and studied puppet animation. After returning to Japan, together with Tazhong Okamoto and Chihiro, he actively promoted and created puppet animation, and produced The Residual Flower of Puppet Movie (1968), Ghost (1972), The Life of a Poet (1974) and Daocheng Temple (/). The last two films are his masterpieces, and they won prizes at Annecy Animation Film Festival in France. 198 1 year, a feature film "Lianru and His Mother" produced by folk forces, written by Caneto prodigy and composed by Toru Takemitsu. He once worked as a puppet designer for the NHK TV puppet series The History of the Three Kingdoms (1982-84) and The Legend of the Ping Family (1993-95), which was the most popular period of his career. He also cooperated with overseas twice, directed and filmed No Shooting (1988, China) and Sleeping Beauty (1990, Czech Republic), and was regarded as the last master of contemporary puppet shows. 1996 President of Japan Animation Association and director of Humanoid Toy Society. In 2003, he participated in the production of Winter, and in 2005, at the age of 80, he completed the long animated book The Book of the Dead. In 2007, the Kihachiro Kawamoto Doll Art Museum opened in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture. [2]