Kujiratori Explained

Kujiratori
Director:Hayao Miyazaki
Producer:Toshio Suzuki
Based On:No No Nursery School and Kujiratori by Rieko Nakagawa & Yuriko Yamawaki
Starring:Keito Ishihara
Mao Onodera
Di-Zhi Wang
Music:Yuji Nomi
Editing:Takeshi Seyama
Studio:Studio Ghibli
Distributor:Ghibli Museum
Runtime:16 minutes
Language:Japanese

is a 2001 Japanese animated short film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, shown only in the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan. The film has a running time of 16 minutes.[1] It is drawn in a different, simpler style compared to other Studio Ghibli films and uses bright pastel colors.

Kujiratori tells the story of school children pretending they are building a boat. As imagination replaces reality, they find themselves on the ocean, hunting for a whale. A big, gentle whale appears, accompanies them back to land and plays with them. Then the fantasy ends and the children are back in their class room.

The film was shown at the 2002 New York International Children's Film Festival. It won the Ōfuji Noburō Award at the 2001 Mainichi Film Awards.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/welcome/cinema/008858.html. ja:『くじらとり』 - 三鷹の森ジブリ美術館. ja. ghibli-museum.jp. 24 April 2014. 10 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140410013237/http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/welcome/cinema/008858.html. live.