Hokusai
English title: Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
- Studio
- Arts Council of Great Britain
- Distributor
- Concord
Synopsis
This tribute to Katsushika Hokusai animates the artist's works, capturing the vigorous spirit of this master of ukiyo-e who called himself "the old man mad about drawing."
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tony White
Voices
- Voice
- Michael Bates, Erik Chitty
Music
- Music
- Howard Blake, Susi Sakashita
Animation
- Animator
- Tony White, Tass Heron, Richard Burdett
Art Department
- Design
- Katsushika Hokusai
Camera
- Camera
- Peter Wood
Editing
- Editor
- Rod Hawick
Production notes
This cartoon contains 60 of the 30,000 sketches of Japanese painter Katsushika Hokusai (1766-1849).
Awards
BAFTA Film Award, Best Short Factual Film, 1979