Datum Point

Datum Point — Plot

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.

• Release date
• February 15, 2015
• Runtime
• 7 min
• Genres
• Animation
• Director
• Ryo Orikasa