Tomoyasu Murata

木ノ花ノ咲クヤ森

Tomoyasu Murata

In the first episode in a series of films centered on The Great East Japan Earthquake, an amnesiac wolf traces his past and escapes from hunters who are after him in an eerily beautiful moonscape.

朱の路

Tomoyasu Murata

The sign to change from despair to hope is an accumulation of trifling matters which touch our hearts, such as a single flower, a beautiful sunset, or a girl with a smile.

松が枝を結び

Tomoyasu Murata

"The Pine's Branches" is the latest work in Murata Tomoyasu’s series “Sei toshi ni matsuwaru kioku no tabi (Journey through memories of life and death),” which he began following the Tohoku earthquake in 2011.

家族デッキ

Tomoyasu Murata

The Seven Lucky Gods (or kami, meaning both "hair" and "gods") live in the Takada’s barber shop in Tokyo—a set based on a real-life now-lost local store close to Murata’s heart—where they play charming tricks on the family of four.

白の路

Tomoyasu Murata

The second in Tomoyasu's My Road series.

天地

Tomoyasu Murata

The island repeats volcanic eruption after earthquake, smoke and glowing heat bubbling from the morphing surface—but when the tectonic activity recedes, all is sand and, finally, the miracle of water flowing, of life.

藍の路

Tomoyasu Murata

The third in Tomoyasu's My Road series.

星に願いを

Tomoyasu Murata

Short stop-motion animation by Tomoyasu Murata. A remake of an old movie called "tomorrow".

人形アニメ「ハイキュー!!」

Tomoyasu Murata

A stop-motion anime bundled with the 42nd compiled book volume of Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! manga featuring the Karasuno team as puppets.

斜陽

Tomoyasu Murata

A short experimental animation from Tomoyasu Murata for Gallery MoMo

ポンユタウン

Tomoyasu Murata

In a small provincial town, three children play football but when they hear breaking glass, two of them flee; leaving a little girl to investigate. She finds that she has broken a fish bowl and a small fish is flapping on the ground gasping for its life. What will the girl do to save this poor creature?

あるアパートの一室

Tomoyasu Murata

The main character finds a ticket and a small box in "a room in an apartment" on the boundary between dream and reality. I wake up after sleeping, and when I fall asleep again, I'm on the "Sannokan Railway". A ticket transports him to the city of fantasy, "Sannohako Peninsula". Products of the past and scenery seen somewhere. The main character is led to a nostalgic place where he saw someone at the Hyakushiki Ryokan "Soran no Ma", which overlooks the sea. Full of sorrow and full of hope that they might be able to get it back. Through the journey, the man faces his deep sorrow.

Suiren no Hito

Tomoyasu Murata

An elderly man walks along his house and sees a turtle munching on a turnip. He does not disturb the creature but lets it eat in peace. Later that night, he has a dream of his late wife...

檸檬の路

Tomoyasu Murata

The last in Tomoyasu Murata's My Road series.

Tokyo Loop

Nobuhiro Aihara, Tomoyasu Murata

A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.

生は荒川、名は村田朋泰

Masaya Kimachi

Tomoyasu Murata

A documentary on stop motion animator Tomoyasu Murata and his work.