2002 / Short / stop-motion

Scarlet Road

Name: Scarlet Road
Released: 2002

朱の路

Japan

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Year2002

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Techniquestop-motion

Overview

Directed by Tomoyasu Murata (TMDB person page). Original title 朱の路. first film of Murata's five-part 'Road' (路) series of 立体 (stop-motion) animation. Hiroshima 2002 award and Annecy 2003 screening per Japanese Wikipedia. TMDB also credits Murata for writing, storyboard supervision and animation. Production company not yet sourced. Japan Society programme "Tomoyasu Murata: Stop Motion Master" (2026-11-04 check) lists it and credits the programme as "written, directed and animated by Tomoyasu Murata". no production company named. An Arakawa Cultural Foundation (ACC) newsletter describes it as his Tokyo University of the Arts graduation work, so no production company is expected.

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Cast and crew credited on Scarlet Road
Person	Role	Department	Source
Tomoyasu Murata	director; writer; animator	direction	TMDB source themoviedb.org medium confidence Details Daily enrichment 2026-10-10. (TMDB-sourced).

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