Jun 12, 2017
16 min
Full-HD

A Branch of a Pine Is Tied Up (2017)

"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.

Category

Animation Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Tomoyasu Murata Company

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