Kappa

Kappa

1986
26m
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Documentary Animation Drama Comedy
Overview

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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
KYO-DAI
Spoken Languages
English Japanese

Quick Facts

Release Date June 17, 1986
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0219111
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Cast

Mike Kelley
Mike Kelley

The Kappa

Mary Woronov
Mary Woronov

Jocasta

Keye Luke
Keye Luke

Narrator (voice)

Edward Ruscha
Edward Ruscha

Key Crew

Bruce Yonemoto
Director
Norman Yonemoto
Director
Bruce Yonemoto
Producer
Norman Yonemoto
Producer
Norman Yonemoto
Writer
Mike Kelley
Writer
Bruce Yonemoto
Writer

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