Kappa
1986 | 26m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Bruce Yonemoto, Norman Yonemoto |
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| Writer: | Bruce Yonemoto, Norman Yonemoto, Mike Kelley |
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| Deconstructing the myth of Oedipus within the framework of an ancient Japanese folk story, the Yonemotos craft a highly charged discourse of loss and desire. Quoting from Bunuel, Freud, pop media and art, they place the symbology of Western psychosexual analytical theory into a cross-cultural context, juxtaposing the Oedipal and Kappa myths in a delirious collusion of form and content. The Kappa, a malevolent Japanese water imp, is played with eerie intensity by artist Mike Kelley; actress Mary Woronov plays Jocasta as a vamp from a Hollywood exploitation film. Steeped in perversions and violent longings, both the Kappa and Oedipus legends are presented in highly stylized, purposefully "degraded" forms, reflecting their media-exploitative cultural contexts. In this ironic yet oddly poignant essay of psychosexual compulsion and catharsis, the Yonemotos demonstrate that even in debased forms, cultural archetypes hold the power to move and manipulate. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 17, 1986 |
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| Director: | Bruce Yonemoto, Norman Yonemoto |
| Writer: | Bruce Yonemoto, Norman Yonemoto, Mike Kelley |
| Genres: | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Documentary |
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| Production Companies | KYO-DAI |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Mike Kelley | The Kappa |
| Mary Woronov | Jocasta |
| Keye Luke | Narrator (voice) |
| Edward Ruscha |
| Name | Job |
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| Bruce Yonemoto | Director, Writer |
| Carl Stone | Music |
| Jim Shaw | Animation |
| Nick Elliot | Director of Photography |
| Norman Yonemoto | Director, Writer |
| Mike Kelley | Writer, Animation |
| Name | Title |
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| Bruce Yonemoto | Producer |
| Norman Yonemoto | Producer |
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