is a 2002 anime short film. It was nominated at the 75th Academy Awards in the category of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.Short Film Oscar Winners® in 2003-Oscars on YouTube The film also won the Grand Prix (Annecy Cristal) at the 2003 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the Grand Prix at the 2004 World Festival of Animated Films in Zagreb, and the Grand Prix at the 2004 Hiroshima International Animation Festival.
Plot It is based on Japanese rakugo of the same title, with a slightly modernized setting. A stingy man eats the pits of some cherries, causing a tree to grow on top of his head. When crowds start converging and partying on his head, being noisy, he gets annoyed and uproots the tree. Rainwater pours in the hole, creating a lake. After that, a lot of swimmers converge on this lake, and his head is too noisy again. Enraged, the man commits suicide by throwing himself into the lake on his own head.Animation Show of Shows
Plot of the original rakugo version The original differs in that he ate just one cherry with its pit, and instead of swimmers, a lot of anglers converge on his lake and fish hooks are hooked to the man's eyelid and nose. English version of the announcement (but without plot summaries)
Awards Annecy Cristal (Grand Prix), 2003 Annecy International Animation Film Festival Grand Prix, 2004 World Festival of Animated Films, Zagreb Grand Prix, 2004 Hiroshima International Animation Festival Excellence Award, Animation Division, 6th Japan Media Arts Festival Nominee, Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, 75th Academy Awards
See also Japanese folklore 2002 in film
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The animation
(Mt. Head) The rakugo (Series entry page)