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Emotion

Name: Emotion
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1966
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Emi Tabata, Sari Akasaka, Kyôko Hanyû, Sakio Hirata, Jinichi Isizaki

Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters her counterpart, Sari, and falls in love with…a vampire?

1966 · Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi · 39 min · Drama · Fantasy · Horror · 19 frames

Crew

Written by: Kyôko Hanyû, Nobuhiko Obayashi
Cinematography: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Edited by: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Music: Naoshi Miyazaki
Produced by: Kyōko Ōbayashi

Cast

Emi Tabata as Emi
Sari Akasaka as Sari
Kyôko Hanyû as Narrator (voice)
Sakio Hirata
Jinichi Isizaki
Jusin Kitamura
Donald Richie as Narrator (voice)
Chigumi Ôbayashi as Emi Urawakai

Production

Country: Japan
Language: English, French, Japanese
Themes: coming of age, avant-garde, short film

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