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Mt. Head (movie)

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Alternative title:
Atama-yama (Japanese) 
Atamayama (Japanese)
Mount Head
Голова-гора (Russian)
頭山 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: After a stingy man eats some cherry seeds, a cherry tree grows on his head and he gets into a lot of trouble.
User Ratings: 125 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Very good: 34 votes (sub:33, dub:1)
 Good: 33 votes (sub:29, dub:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 18 votes (sub:17, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, raw:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:5, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 187 users, rank: #4081 (of 10140)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.704 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.9392, rank: #5289 (of 10324)
Weighted mean: 6.796 (Good−), rank: #4797 (of 10324) (seen all: 6.78 / seen some: 9.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.860 (Good), rank: #4183 (of 7760)
Running time: 10 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 2002
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
This animated film is a modern interpretation of the traditional Japanese Rakugo story "Atama-yama" set in contemporary Tokyo.
Some people would not consider this as Anime, but rather "Alternative Japanese Animation."
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Animation Show of Shows - Box Set 3 (DVD 13-18) 2007-00-00
    Art of the Short Film (Sub.DVD 3.5) 2005-05-00
    Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor & Other Fantastic Films by Koji Yamamura (Sub.DVD) 2010-12-07 (from $43.83)
    The Animation Show (Sub.DVD 1) 2004-05-04 (from $28.99)
    The Animation Show (Sub.DVD 1-2) 2007-01-16 (from $89.00)
    The Animation Show of Shows: Mt. Head (Sub.DVD 18) (from $14.95)
DVD (Region 0)
    75th Annual Academy Awards Short Films (Sub.DVD) 2004-02-28 (from $16.09)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kōji Yamamura
Script: Shoji Yonemura
Music:
Hiromi Nishida (Violin)
Hitomi Shimizu (Organ)
Syzygys
Takeharu Kunimoto

2D CGI:
Kōji Yamamura
Miho Yata
Sanae Yamamura
Animation:
Chie Arai
Kōji Yamamura
Design: Kōji Yamamura
Editing: Kōji Yamamura
Finishing:
Kōji Yamamura
Miho Yata
Sanae Yamamura
Shamisen: Takeharu Kunimoto
Sound Design: Kōji Kasamatsu
Sound Effects Design: Yoshiki Matsunaga
Special Thanks To:
Co Hoedeman
Reiji Kitazato
Takeshi Mabuchi
Takeharu Kunimoto as Narrator
Japanese companies
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Distributor: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Print: Imagica
Production: Yamamura Animation
Sound Mixing:
Tokyo TV Center
TV Tokyo (as Tokyo TV Center)
English companies
English staff
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (expired)
Questar Entertainment (for Apollo Cinema)
Zeitgeist Films (for Kimstim; expired)
Internet Streaming: Yamamura Animation
Licensed by:
Acme Filmworks
Animation Show (expired)
Apollo Cinema Short Film Distribution (expired)
Bitter Films (expired)
Film Movement
KimStim (expired)
Released by: MTV (expired)
English cast
(none)

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