Datum Point

Name: Datum Point
Director: Ryo Orikasa
Genre: Animation
Released: 2015-02-15
Duration: 7 min

Ryo Orikasa · 7 min · Japan

Animation

Yoshiro Ishihara (1915–1977), who burst upon the scene of Japanese modern poetry in the mid-1950s, is now remembered as a “poet of silence.” He said, “A poem is an impulse to resist writing.” This film is an attempt to seek out the landscape from his poem.