Mar 31, 2025
寫眞館(Shashinkan) / The Portrait Studio - 2013 Director: Takashi Nakamura
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寫眞館(Shashinkan) / The Portrait Studio - 2013 Director: Takashi Nakamura
[Shashinkan 寫眞館] (The Portrait Studio), bittersweet short animation film released in 2013 by Studio Colorido. Thanks Tanpopo + Lilys_animes for rediscovering this one, I had never seen it <3
The story starts before wwii. At the top of a hill lives a photographer. A couple comes to be photographed with their daughter, yet she does not seem to want to smile...
This short nails the first half of 20th century ambience, from fashions across decades to historical events (wars, earthquake, ...) creeping up at the seams.
Mood reminds a lot of the novel Tokyo sebun rōzu (Tokyo seven roses) by anti-war author Hisashi Inoue.
