One morning, I woke up with a black bird sitting on top of my head. The bird is invisible in mirrors and other people can’t seem to see it, but I am certain it is there. When I get irritated, it clicks its tongue and at such times our voices become one.

Message from the director

Sometimes people express their irritation about trifling matters by clicking their tongue. This odd habit can be quite contagious.　This film depicts this idea by using the image of a tongue-clicking bird.

Animators:
Ryota Ikoma, Natsuko Kawakami, Yusuke Kubo, Takahito Sakuma, Toru Shibata, Ayaka Nakata, Takuya Funaki, Momoko Yamada

Sound:
Yusuke Kubo, Yuto Yamashita

Editing:
Ryota Ikoma

Director:
Ayaka Nakata

Ayaka Nakata

Ayaka Nakata was born in Saitama, near Tokyo, in 1983. She studied animation at Tokyo Zokei University. After graduation, she joined Animation Staffroom where she now works as an animator and a designer of TV commercials. She continues to make short animations independently.

Filmography:
-2008 Cornelis
-2007 Kikimimi Act 2 – Mirrors (Graduation work)
-2005 Grandma’s needlework
-2004 Day of the tongue-clicking bird

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