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Hakaba Kitaro is scheduled to screen on Wednesday, May 6 at 17H00. Hakaba Kitaro – It is the 1950s. The war has ended and the economy is growing at an accelerating pace. While the rich become richer, a tremendous number of people are still at the bottom of the social pyramid and have to work their fingers to the bone to survive. On the other hand, the Ghost Tribe and spirit-monsters live in their own world. They have existed way longer than humans but are forced to move deeper into the backwoods as urbanization progresses. In such a society, Kitaro was born in a graveyard as the last of the ghost tribe. His eerie appearance has made him known as “Hakaba (Graveyard) Kitaro”. With his father called Medama Oyaji (Eyeball Father), Kitaro observes insatiable human greed from the standpoints of the spirit world and the human world. What is hell? What is life? “Original” Kitaro humorously satirizes pathetic human ego and expresses the real joy of being alive and the meaning of true human happiness. The 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film will take place May 5-10, 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany. The film festival is one of the largest events for the animation film industry worldwide. Established in 1982, the annual festival screens animation features, shorts, and mini-shorts in competitive categories that include: International Competition, Youth-produced films, Children’s, Animated TV-Series, and Feature among changing sidebar programming, filmmaker tributes and country of focus panoramas. “We are thrilled that Hakaba Kitaro is a contender for an animation award at the upcoming Stuttgart Festival,” said Kazahaya. “This series has been very well received by the several international film festivals and we feel honored to have been selected for competition.” |
