The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black
- Country
- Japan
- Production Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 4'03"
- Premiere
- WP
- Rating
© 2026 The Mourning Children / KUROBURUE
Synopsis
A pilot film from Sunao KATABUCHI’s latest animated feature. In Kyoto shadowed by disasters and epidemics, Nagiko serves Empress Teishi. Amid political upheaval threatening the court, she records memories destined to endure for over a thousand years.
- KATABUCHI Sunao
- "In This Corner of the World" received the Jury Award in the Feature Film Competition at Annecy International Animation Film Festival. "The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black", was selected for the Annecy Work in Progress program.
