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A Poet's Life short filmanimation

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Original title: Shijin no shougai (A Poet's Life)
Year: 1974
Running time: 19 min.
Country: Japan
Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto
Screenwriter: Kihachirô Kawamoto. Story: Kôbô Abe
Cast: Animation
Music: Joji Yuasa
Cinematography: Animation, Minoru Tamura
Producer: Producer: Kihachirô Kawamoto
Genre: Animation. Drama. Fantasy | Surrealism. Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: 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).

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