ON-GAKU: OUR SOUND
Original title:音楽
Japan
2020
Introduction
Kenji, a delinquent high school boy, is feared to be the strongest in town, but he doesn’t care and forms a band called ‘Kobujutsu’ with his friends Ota and Asakura. When the three, who have no experience playing instruments, make a sound, it sends shockwaves through the audience, and their rock-and-roll youth begins. This film was created over a period of seven years, using the rotoscope technique to animate a live-action film, and actually filming a festival scene with an audience.The lead role is played by Shintaro Sakamoto, and Yasuyuki Okamura also participated as a guest voice actor.’
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Director
Kenji IWAISAWA
"Born in 1981. Animation director.
In 2008, he released the short animation ‘Man in the Tunnel Alley’.
His first feature-length film, ‘Music’ (2009), which uses rotoscoping, won the Grand Prix in the feature-length competition section at the 43rd Ottawa International Animation Festival.He is currently preparing a new feature-length animated film, ‘Hyakuemu'."