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No.38 IWAISAWA Kenji Director
Rock ‘n’ Roll Mountain Inc.

IWAISAWA Kenji was born in Tokyo in 1981. Working as an apprentice to director ISHII Teruo, he gained experience in live-action film production, and later taught himself animation, releasing the short “Man in the Tunnel Alley” in 2008. For On-Gaku: Our Sound, IWAISAWA took on a large part of the production himself, including screenplay, storyboards, animation direction and more. The film took over seven years to complete.

© 2019 HIROYUKI OHASHI / ROCK’N ROLL MOUNTAIN / TIP TOP
© 2019 HIROYUKI OHASHI / ROCK’N ROLL MOUNTAIN / TIP TOP
© 2019 HIROYUKI OHASHI / ROCK’N ROLL MOUNTAIN / TIP TOP
24th JMAF Entertainment Division Grand Prize
On-Gaku: Our Sound
2019 / Animated Feature Film / 71:00
Original Creator (manga): OHASHI Hiroyuki (On-Gaku Perfect Edition (KANZEN))
Producer: MATSUE Tetsuaki
Associate Producer: SAKOTA Akihiro
Project Manager: NAKAJIMA Hiromichi
Screenwriter/Storyboarder/Character Designer/Animation Director/Art Director/Editor: IWAISAWA Kenji
Photography/Editor: NAKAMA Norihisa
Sound Director: YAMAMOTO Takaaki
Music: BANSE Tomohiko, GRANDFUNK, SAWABE Wataru (Skirt)
Theme Song: The Dresscodes – “Peter Ivers” (King Records/Evil Line Records)
Production: Rock ‘n’ Roll Mountain, Tip Top
Director: IWAISAWA Kenji
Starring: SAKAMOTO Shintaro, KOMAI Ren, MAENO Tomoya, SERIZAWA Tateto, HIRAIWA Kami, TAKENAKA Naoto, OKAMURA Yasuyuki

Based on a manga by OHASHI Hiroyuki, On-Gaku: Our Sound is a rock’n’roll film about three delinquent high schoolers who suddenly decide to start a band despite having never touched a musical instrument. Created over a period of over seven years by director IWAISAWA Kenji, the film employs many unique techniques, including rotoscoping, in which real footage is traced over. IWAISAWA even organized and filmed a real concert in order to create his climatic scene. These techniques give the film and its characters a vivid, dynamic feel.

Other Works

© KENJI IWAISAWA
Man in the Tunnel Alley
2008 / Animated Short Film / 04:50
© KENJI IWAISAWA
Mountain
2010 / Animated Short Film / 09:10

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