| Film Name | Hanare Toride no Yonna ("Yonna in the Solitary Fortress")(Tidbits 1) |
| Programme | Tidbits |
| Director | Kengo Takeuchi |
| Production | CoMix Wave |
| Country | Japan |
| Year | 2006 |
| Runtime | 34 |
| Film rating | PG |
Summary
Sat. Nov. 18, 12:30, The Gig Theatre
Ever since she was young, Yonna and Stan have been social outcasts, mistrusted because of Yonna’s magical abilities; and so, they’ve lived alone in a castle far away from those who would persecute them. Now the Imperial government has sent in an agent to bring her in, so that they may use her powers; and there are others with their own plans…
Curator’s notes:
Another part of the Tidbits 1 programme for CoMix Wave projects, Yonna is recognisably in the Final Fantasy tradition. Scant surprise; director Kengo Takeuchi is a Final Fantasy veteran, both games and films. It should then be scant surprise that Yonna has the same beauty and the same faults as that franchise, most notably a certain time compression, and a plot that is denser than it is profound. However, it is so exciting to see one man make a 34-minute Final Fantasy, and with a little polish, Takeuchi’s next work will be even more spectacular.
Yonna (c) Kengo Takeuchi / CoMix Wave - all rights reserved