A Poet's Life (S)

1974·Japan·19 min.
A Poet's Life (S)
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A worker is fired from a factory for demanding a wage increase, while his mother, worn thin by poverty, is caught in her own spinning wheel and transformed into yarn. A Kafka-esque kiri-gami animation based on a short story by Kobo Abe (1924-1993).

CinematographyMinoru Tamura
Original titleShijin no shougai (A Poet's Life) (S)