Mt. Head

Mt. Head
Directed byKoji Yamamura
Written byShōji Yonemura
Based onRakugo "頭山"
StarringTakeharo Kunimoto
Production
company
Yamamura Animation
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Mt. Head (Japanese: 頭山, Hepburn: Atamayama) 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.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5]

Plot

It is based on Japanese rakugo of the same title, with a slightly modernized setting.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

Awards

  • Annecy Cristal (Grand Prix), 2003 Annecy International Animation Film Festival[3][5]
  • Grand Prix, 2004 World Festival of Animated Films, Zagreb[4][3]
  • Grand Prix, 2004 Hiroshima International Animation Festival[3]
  • Excellence Award, Animation Division, 6th Japan Media Arts Festival[9]
  • Nominee, Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, 75th Academy Awards[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 5 October 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Short Film Oscar Winners® in 2003-Oscars on YouTube
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mt. Head". Yamamura Animation, Inc. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
  4. 1 2 "Mt. Head Wins Zagreb". Animation World Network. 2004. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
  5. 1 2 "短編アニメーションの魅力——『頭山』の山村浩二氏に聞く". nippon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-07-09.
  6. ↑ 三浦, 一紀 (2019-06-13). 第三回 山村浩二 大学院映像研究科アニメーション専攻教授 [3: Professor Kōji Yamamura]. Tokyo University of the Arts. クローズアップ藝大 (in Japanese). 「頭山」,「あたま山」. Archived from the original on 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  7. ↑ Animation Show of Shows
  8. ↑ "英語落語公演"の開催について [Announcement of English rakugo performances (During November, 2011)]. Consulate General of Japan in Mumbai (in Japanese). 「あたま山」. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  9. ↑ "頭山 [Mt. Head]". 文化庁メディア芸術祭 / Japan Media Arts Festival. Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
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