A unique biographical sketch of the life of the great modern Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa, SPRING AND CHAOS is highly stylized and intense and draws on Miyazawa's writing techniques to tell his life story. Miyazawa often used animals as the main characters in his stories and poems, and it is this technique that allows director Shoji Kawamori to recreate Miyazawa's fanciful land of Ihatov and use it as the backdrop for Miyazawa`s life. Beautiful and affecting, SPRING AND CHAOS is a fitting tribute to one of Japan's greatest writers.

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• Group TAC

Staff

• Shouji Kawamori — Director, Screenplay
• Ichirou Itano — Animation Director
• Ludwig van Beethoven — Music (Moonshine Sonata, Pastorale Symphony)
• Mahiro Maeda — Pencil Animation
• Hidenori Matsubara — Animation Director
• Hiroko Kazui — Key Animation
• Hidekazu Satou — Assistant Director
• Takahiro Kishida — Animation Director, Character Design
• Masahiko Kubo — Key Animation
• Kazuchika Kise — Key Animation
• Hiroshi Oono — Art Director
• Manabu Oohashi — Pencil Animation
• Kenji Miyazawa — Original Creator