Junko’s Shamisen (2009)

 

Province: Ontario
Discipline(s): Animation
Duration: 00:06:00
Credit(s): Sol Friedman, Director/Writer/Animator

Pete Levin, Animator

Hiroya Miura, Composer

Vinit Borrison, Director of Photography

Paul Nandrajog, Editor

Ross Wilson, Editor

Scott Kusano, Narrator

Benny Min, Actor

Clemence Wong, Actor

Kenji Fujino, Actor

Masako Kinno, Actor

Zen Takahashi, Actor

Nagata Shachu, Band

Aki Takahashi, Musician

Kiyoshi Nagata, Musician

Scott Kusano, Musician

Paul Nandrajog, Producer

Artbeast, Production Company

Description: In this original Kabuki tale set in late feudal Japan, a young orphan named Junko returns home one day to find her grandfather slain and the skin of his shamisen (traditional Japanese musical instrument) torn. Guided by a fox, she seeks out the man responsible.