Tomoyasu Murata

Tomoyasu Murata

Birth : 1974-01-01, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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Tomoyasu Murata

Movies

When You Wish Upon A Star
Director
Short animation by Tomoyasu Murata
Haikyuu!! Puppet Animation
Director
A stop-motion anime bundled with the 42nd compiled book volume of Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! manga featuring the Karasuno team as puppets.
A Branch of a Pine Is Tied Up
Director
"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.
The Forest This Flower Blooms
Director
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.
Ametsuchi
Director
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.
#1
Director
Short movie by Tomoyasu Murata.
Dream is Crouching
Director
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.
Lemon's Road
Director
The last in Tomoyasu Murata's My Road series.
Family Deck
Director
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.
Sunset
Director
A short experimental animation from Tomoyasu Murata for Gallery MoMo
Tokyo Loop
Director
A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.
Born in Arakawa, Name is Tomoyasu Murata
Self
A documentary on stop motion animator Tomoyasu Murata and his work.
Indigo Road
Director
The third in Tomoyasu's My Road series.
Scarlet Road
Animation
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.
Scarlet Road
Storyboard Designer
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.
Scarlet Road
Writer
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.
Scarlet Road
Director
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.
White Road
Director
The second in Tomoyasu's My Road series.
Peng You Town
Director
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?
Nostalgia
Director
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...
Tug-Tug
Animation
Short animated film by Tomoyasu Murata
Tug-Tug
Director
Short animated film by Tomoyasu Murata
When Spring Comes The Story of Yugo, A little Bear
Director
In the spring of 2020, Yugo's Grandmother travels from the countryside to finally spend some quality time with Yugo. The two see a "comedy show" in the park together and later that night, Yugo has a good time telling his family about his day out. However, the next day Covid-19 restrictions are put in place in town and Yugo is stuck at home. Then, he learns that his grandmother is not feeling well. At first, Yugo patiently waits at home for things to return to normal, but eventually he gets bored and silently slips out of the house…