Requiem
- Studio
- University of California, Los Angeles Animation Workshop
Synopsis
Nishihara Wakana's true story of her older brother's final visit home before going off to fight and die in World War II in a Japanese Kaiten (human torpedo).
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Roger Oda
Production notes
Sepia tones are combined with minimal animation.
Made as a first-year project, this film was first shot horizontally against a wall with a Bolex, then animated under the camera using charcoal dust and vine charcoal.
Based on a reminiscence in "Japan at War: An Oral History," by Haruko Taya Cook and Theodore F. Cook.
Made as a first-year project, this film was first shot horizontally against a wall with a Bolex, then animated under the camera using charcoal dust and vine charcoal.
Based on a reminiscence in "Japan at War: An Oral History," by Haruko Taya Cook and Theodore F. Cook.
Awards
Finalist, Angelus Awards Student Film Festival, 2003