とつくにの少女

The Girl from the Other Side

Synopsis

Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands.
The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land.
People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse.

One day, on the border to the inner land inhabited by humans,
one such being finds a girl on heaps of abandoned dead bodies.
The girl says her name is Shiva
and shows affection to the ”being” who found her, calling him ”Teacher.”

This is a story of two people—
one human, one inhuman—
who linger in the hazy twilight
that separates night from day.

PROFILE

Yutaro Kubo, Satomi Maiya

Yutaro Kubo
Born in Oita Prefecture in 1990. Studied animation in Tokyo Polytechnic University and Graduate School, Tokyo University of the Arts. Started to work as a freelance animation artist from 2014. He has created short animation works by using ink and other art supplies.

Satomi Maiya
Born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1990. Studied animation in Tokyo Polytechnic University and Graduate School, Tokyo University of the Arts. Started to work as a freelance animation artist from 2015. She specializes in creating heart-warming animation works and illustrations by using pastels.

INFORMATION

Director：Yutaro Kubo, Satomi Maiya
2022 | Japan | 1:09:56