Nido to Mezamenu Komoriuta


The Death Lullaby

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Synonyms: Nidoto Mezamenu Komori Uta, Lullaby to the Big Sleep, Lullaby Not Awake Two Times
Japanese: 二度と目覚めぬ子守唄
English: The Death Lullaby
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: 1985
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: None found, add some
Source: Original
Genres: Avant GardeAvant Garde, DramaDrama
Duration: 27 min.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Ranked: #112782
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Preliminary Spoiler
Apr 11, 2021
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It all starts with the very context of our reality. After the beginning of the disenchantment of the world, the tendency has always been the advance of secularization and rationalism, and consequently the questioning of traditions. From questioning, discontent is born (or the opposite, I can't say for sure), and from the latter is born what many would call the "overcoming" of dogmas and sociocultural conventions until then in force. From the spark to the fire, and from this to the fire, man fanned the flames of progress, and the culmination of this was the Industrial Revolution. The abundance and comfort ...
Jan 28, 2018
Ignore the negative reviews. This little short is great and I feel that it served its purpose well. The protagonist was as compelling as a protagonist can practically be in a work so short that also includes a portrayal of industrialization/modernization. With that said, the work is heavily conceptual and relies on emotional appeal (rather than direct commentary) to deliver its content. As for the sound and art, one can only be so critical of an animation from 1985 with this style. Although flawed, the art and sound did the intended job. Overall, it was definitely enjoyable; I'm glad someone showed it to me before ...
Nov 25, 2018
People saying this isn't worth your time just have no taste in avant-garde art, so if you do like surrealist and experimental stuff definitely give this a watch. The first song that plays should be more than enough to engage you.

It was made by Harada as a grade final project and you can really tell because of the quality overall but it serves right to add to the charm. It's more of an art-driven story than the other way round. The way characters speak and act add the perfect dose of surrealism, and the only English subs available are so badly translated that it ...
Jul 12, 2023
Avant-garde anime often portray thought-provoking plots with rich themes, and more often than not, become social commentaries. This 30-minute film can be considered among them. Produced by a single person way back in 1985 (damn missed that 1984 dystopian mark) on a low budget, needless to say, its production value is negligible- art, animation and OSTs are barebones. So for sakuga lovers, apologies, but there is not much for you in the visual department. However, for those looking for intriguing plot elements with minimalistic yet bizarre, raw imagery in its crudest form, you are probably in for a treat. And there’s no dearth of symbolic ...
Nov 2, 2021
Kiryū City in Gunma Prefecture, post-war Japan: The misfortune of being born into poverty is something Toothy Boy knows all too well, or rather, was forced to know. We have traditional houses, poor families, diseases around the corner, deplorable living conditions, you know, the life-long status quo under capitalism. But this is indifferent to Toothy Boy. What time does he have to dwell on such matters when half the classroom makes of him, poor undeserving orphan squab in this cursed land, a monstrous toothy caricature? Of course none. Learning to keep quiet and to guard anger will be his inevitable fate for as long ...
Apr 17, 2021
In my opinion, I found Death Lullaby to be less of a political showcase of the new age of Japan outgrowing the old ways and more of a talk on how bullying can affect great change around a person's psyche.

I saw this short film as more of from the pov of the young boy who is weak and powerless to the effects of the bullies and it's mirrored by the times of change and the powerlessness of the citizens trying to overcome constant advances in society and how they impact the old.

Hiroshi Harada has also said in an interview that he suffered from ...