The Elevator

| Short animation | 1991 | Japan | 8'24" | VTR | 4:3 | Stereo | No dialogue | Storyboards | Drawings | Stills | |

Direction, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Music, Sound: Kurosawa Jun
Camera: Seiei-sya
Produce: Nichiei Production

One morning, a boy dashes out the door of his apartment carrying a school bag on his back. He jumps into the building elevator as on any other day; but today, it won't stop and just keeps on going down.When it finally stops with a jolt and the door opens, the boy finds himself in a world deep under the ground. There his adventure begins.

Award: 4th International Animation Festival Hiroshima, The 1st Prize of Category C, Japan, 1992