Oshidori
A Kwaidan, by Lafcadio Hearn. A ghost tale where a hunter, Sonjo, would have to face the consequences of interfering with spirituality, marital love, and fidelity.
Directed by Thomas Murray
Photo by Dylan Bomgardner
Concept Art
The projected scenery for this shadow puppetry play, about the Japanese notion of marital fidelity and the spiritual world, had to honor its source material.
Inspired by the aesthetic of the Japanese brush paintings, each frame was created using minimal graphic elements, drawn as done by single, continuous ink strokes over rice paper.
Sonjo's house in the Hill
Concept Art.
Digitally colored in Adobe Illustrator.
The Oshidori couple
Photo by Thomas Murray
The meeting at Akanuma
Photo by Dylan Bomgardner
Redemption
"Sonjo shaved his head, and became a priest."
-Extract from the original text
Photo by Dylan Bomgardner