Announcement: Programme tour and DVDs of Kawamoto Kihachirou

I just received an email from Jordan S., a regular commentator of this blog that:

1) In the UK, there is a programme of Kawamoto Kihachirou's films and other stop-motion currently showing in Bristol, which will proceed to tour to a few other cities in the country. See here for all the info and images on this.

2) On 22 April 2008, two DVDs of Kawamoto's work (a collection of short films and the feature Shisha no Sho) will be released on region 1 DVD in the USA. Here is catsuka.com's info in this regard and below is the trailer:

Too bad I don't live in the UK or the US. But those of you who do, you may wish to check this out. I for one am a bit surprised that Shisha no Sho is voice-acted by quite a number of renowned Japanese actors and actresses like Miyazawa Rie - she is an extremely picky actress these days, so there must be something Very Special about this piece.

You can find out more about Kawabata at Jordan's website here.