Midori-ko

Midori-Ko is a unique animated film from celebrated Japanese director Kurosaka Keita, offering a surreal and unsettling take on a near-future Tokyo teetering toward collapse. Crafted entirely by hand over ten years using colored pencils, Kurosaka’s painstaking work brings to life the story of a young woman determined to create a miraculous food capable of ending global hunger. The film blends Frederic Back’s delicate textures, Bill Plympton’s wild transformations, and David Lynch’s eerie dreamscapes, yet remains distinctly its own-a visually stunning and deeply personal achievement.