JUNKO’S SHAMISEN

written, directed and animated by Sol Friedman

produced by Paul Nandrajog

cinematography by Vinit Borrison

edited by Ross Wilson

composed by Hiroya Miura

sound recordist Derek Oxley

sound designer Graham Rogers

starring Clemence Wong

Kenji Fujino

and Benny MIn

RT: 10-min

Format: HD 1080

Genre: Action Thriller

Blending the aesthetic traditions of Japanese Kabuki, contemporary manga illustration, and through the use of, stop-motion, cell and computer animation; writer, director and animator Sol Friedman brings you this award-winning, stylized and haunting tale of vengeance.

Set in the rural backwoods of feudal Japan, a young peasant girl named Junko, returns home to discover her blind grandfather brutally murdered. Filled with despair, Junko, accompanied by a mystical fox spirit, abandons her old life and sets off for the village in search of better fortune. While begging, young Junko inadvertently encounters the evil samurai lord responsible for killing her grandfather and with the influence of the fox spirit, avenges her grandfather through a gruesome act of poetic justice.

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