The God of Clay explained

Native Name:

Kanji:	ねんどの神さま
Revhep:	Nendo no Kamisama

Director:

Koichi Kawakita
Nobuaki Sugimoto

Producer:

Norihiko Iwasaki

Based On:

A novel
by Masamoto Nasu

Cinematography:

Takehiro Kuramochi
Keiichi Sakurai

Editing:

Koichi Kawakita

Studio:

Dream Planet Japan
Marbling Fine Arts

Runtime:

13 minutes^[1]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Budget:

$40,000

is a 2011 independently made^[2] Japanese short kaiju film initially directed by Nobuaki Sugimoto, and was completed by Koichi Kawakita and co-produced by Dream Planet Japan and Marbling Fine Arts.^[3] The film is based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Masamoto Nasu.

Production

Directed by Koichi Kawakita, Nobuaki Sugimoto
Produced by Norihiko Iwasaki
Cinematography by Takehiro Kuramochi, Keiichi Sakurai
Edited by Koichi Kawakita

Release

The film premiered at the Bigfoot Crest Theater in Westwood, Los Angeles on June 23, 2011.

Notes and References

Web site: May 21, 2011. THE GOD OF CLAY World Premiere + GODZILLA VS THE SEA MONSTER at Crest Theater in Los Angeles. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131113085210/http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2011/05/12/the-god-of-clay-world-premiere-godzilla-vs-the-sea-monster-at-crest-theater-in-los-angeles/. November 13, 2013. SciFi Japan.
Web site: April 17, 2014. GODZILLA VS BIOLLANTE Los Angeles Screening Event Update. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140602112523/http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2014/04/17/godzilla-vs-biollante-los-angeles-screening-event-update/. June 2, 2014. SciFi Japan.
Web site: Koichi Kawakita talks THE GOD OF CLAY . 2023-09-02 . www.scifijapan.com . en-gb.