is a collection of novels by Yōko Ogawa. It follows a salesperson. An anime film adaptation was directed by Kōji Yamamura.
Critics praised this collection. The anime adaptation won the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival's virtual reality competition.
Plot
A Quartet of a Cinerary Urn A narrator's father who sold hearing aids is dead. A doctor finds bones from ears of her father. Then the doctor cautioned her against bones.
Touching Ear Lobes "The Fast Crying Competiton" is held. The salesperson has a can that contains souvenirs.
The Birds' Day There are brooches made of little birds. Some people have memories about brooches.
Let's Dance Customers like the salesperson of hearing aids. The salesperson meets his assistant and talks.
A Mine and a Trumpet A boy is fascinated by metals. He gets a trumpet. However, he does not want to play it. Then a closure of the mine is decided.
Film In 2023, this book became an anime film using virtual reality. The producer is Kenji Ishimura. Yōko Ogawa was intoduced to him. Ishimura read her book and thought that she had a "virtual reality brain". Therefore, he invited Ogawa to his company and asked her to make an original work. Reading her new work, Ishimaru thought that Kōji Yamamura is appropriate for the director. Director Yamamura told 3D modelers designs of characters using dolls.
Reception Asayo Takii of the Sankei Shimbun thought My Inner Ear Quartet has grace. She wanted to read this book quietly.
Yuri Nagura of the Yomiuri Shimbun focused on breaths.
The anime adaptation won the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival's virtual reality competition. In addition, it was nominated for VR - Short films category of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
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