Film Name 火宅 (House of Flame)
Programme Retrospectives (Kihachiro Kawamoto)
Director Kiharchiro Kawamoto
Production 百米映画
Country Japan
Year 1979
Runtime 19 minutes
Film rating NR
Format 35mm
Subtitles English
Awards Prize for Excellence, Japan Art Festival 1981
Special Prize, Melbourne Film Festival 1981
Ottawa Film Festival 1981
Grand-Prix, Varna International Animation Film Festival 1981

Showings

November 19th, 2005 - 9:00pm

Summary

Long ago, a young woman named Unai-Otome lived in the village of Ikuta.She had two suitors, both of whom loved her very much. Unai-Otome was torn apart, not knowing which of the young men to choose. In anguish, she chose death. But although her intentions were pure, even death did not bring the respite she longed for "A Japanese Drama of the Absurd," based on the Noh play "Motomezuka the Seekers Mound."