Director: Imai Tadashi
Script: Miyazaki Akira, after Saito Ryusuke's original story
Art Director: Uchida Yoshiyuki
Animation: Uchida Yoshiyuki
Cinematographer: Isakawa Hiroshi
Editing: Ogata Harutoshi
Music: Kawachi Chito, Sekine Ei
Production: Ito Ei, Watanabe Saburo, Nichiguchi Takero, Mushi Production, Nikkatsu Corporation
Distribution:
KL Films
16 rue Portalis
75 008 Paris
France
Carlotta Fontaine
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 1981
Screening: 2020
DCP, Color, 89 min,
OV Japanese with French Subtitles
Yuki, a little girl of noble lineage, lives in Heaven with her grandparents who watch over the Earth. When she is 13 she is sent to live with humankind, to bring back peace and prove that she is worthy of taking over from her ancestors. If she succeeds, she will be allowed to return to her family in Heaven. If she fails, she will be changed into an icy wind. Confronted with the torments that the inhabitants of a village in feudal Japan have to put up with, she discovers that the Demon of the mountain is responsible for all their ills. She sets off to look for him in order to free the village people…
“We have thought a lot about what we wanted to pass on to the children of today. So that they reflect on what life is all about or what love can be like after seeing this film.” Imai Tadashi
“If we appreciate Yuki, of course it’s because of her freshness, her generosity and her purity, but our general impression is multiplied tenfold by the fact that she is supported by the village people or the orphans. “Yuki” is a unique, extraordinary, animated film, which shines with quite a singular light.” Jun Ishiko.
