Kataku

Many users review series and animated movies following MAL guidelines and categorizing their rating. Sometimes they fail, because not everything is supposed to be treated as a part of the anime industry: there are also independent works, whose story is not always important, because they last a bunch of minutes, whose art is not always captivating, since they were made back in the 60s or 70s and try to be expressive more than realistic. The same goes for western movies: you can't rate sound, for example, if you're watching a silent film or dislike a black and white movie only because colors are not there. Kataku is a short independent, stop motion animated movie from 1979. It's a completely different experience from a yesterday-made series with bursting colors and flashing animation. A great experience I'd say. The masterful animation makes the story seem real and the plot, adapted from a play, is short but meaningful. You can feel the touch of the director in every frame. Kataku is something you must interpret with your heart and brain combined, considering the director was not supported by a studio, stop motion is a complex technique and many years have passed since 1979. The story is also from a traditional play, so strictly linked with Japanese culture and sensibility. I give it a 6, probably the best score a 19 minutes movie can achieve. I strongly recommend it to anyone, especially those who usually don't care about old works and independent artists. Just watch it and look how animation can also be something more than flat entertainment.

Rate a 5 English Sub An art film Story -An interesting concept for an introduction but it still left question alive. Such as why is he doing this search? was he assigned the task? Was he just curious? Was this a family event? Was their a reward? The underlining purpose was a mystery. -Conclusion did not make much sense. In short one could say a damned fire now burnt brightly only to turn into inferno? - story's message No matter how difficult a situation presents to be one can find light or good in it. Art -puppet show animation -background was fuzzy at some points - background did not match characters - not realistic Sound -A one person narrated story for any character regardless of sex. Was not a wise call. Especially because of the switch over in character insight. Enjoyment Wished hard for the movie to end. Was not being properly entertained. I did feel some pain for the main character of the story but i was not captivated. If old folk tales or puppets are your thing you may like this.