Spring and Chaos
TV SPECIAL · 1 episodes · 56 min/ep · Group TAC
A unique biographical sketch of the life of the great modern Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa, Spring and Chaos is a highly stylized and intense film that draws on Miyazawa's writing techniques to tell his life story. Miyazawa often used animals as the main characters in his stories and poems, and it is this technique that allows director Shoji Kawamori to recreate Miyazawa's fanciful land of Ihatov and use it as the backdrop for Miyazawa's life. Beautiful and affecting, Spring and Chaos is a fitting tribute to one of Japan's greatest writers. (Source: Rotten Tomatoes)
Kenji Miyazawa
Main
Shirou Sano
Japanese
Chichi
Supporting
Chikao Ootsuka
Japanese
Toshi
Supporting
Mariko Kouda
Japanese
Seito
Supporting
Akane Tomonaga
Japanese
Taichi
Supporting
Shiho Niiyama
Japanese
Shouji Kawamori
Screenplay
Shouji Kawamori
Director
Mahiro Maeda
Pencil Animation
Takahiro Kishida
Character Design
Takahiro Kishida
Animation Director
Hiroshi Oono
Art Director
Ichirou Itano
Animation Director
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music (Moonshine Sonata, Pastorale Symphony)
Kenji Miyazawa
Original Creator
Hidekazu Satou
Assistant Director
