Synopsis:
The borderland between sleeping and waking is the moment when the daughter melds into her father.
- Director:
- Mizuki Kiyama
- Year:
- 2018
- Country:
- Japan
- Running time:
- 2 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- かえりみち (木山瑞嬉)
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Koji Yamamura
- Animator:
- Mizuki Kiyama
- Script writer:
- Mizuki Kiyama
- Sound designer:
- Naoko Kagata
- School:
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Tags:
- Surreal, Relationships
- Audience:
- All audiences
- Website:
- kiyamamizuki.com
- Submitted by:
- Ivona Barbaričová
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