Haru-tsuge Fish and Fu-rai Boy: Tsuri-bari Fish Caught in Summer Grass

Japan’s Takeshi Yashiro (GON, THE LITTLE FOX, Fantasia 2019 Audience Award winner) is a master of naturally sourced, open-air stop-motion wonders. He steps outdoors again with his lively wooden fish and flute-playing elf, introduced to the Fantasia screen in Circo Animato 2024, this time tracking the struggle of a fishing lure stuck to a field post through the full cycle of seasons. – Rupert Bottenberg