Kappa

Kappa (1986)

Released: 1986-06-17 Duration: 26min
Rating 0.0

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.

Production Companies

KYO-DAI

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 1.228

Directed By

Norman Yonemoto

Bruce Yonemoto

Crew

Director of Photography
Nick Elliot
Director
Norman Yonemoto
Director
Bruce Yonemoto
Animation
Mike Kelley
Producer
Bruce Yonemoto
Writer
Mike Kelley
Music
Carl Stone
Animation
Jim Shaw
Producer
Norman Yonemoto

TOP CAST

Mike Kelley
Mike Kelley

The Kappa

Mary Woronov
Mary Woronov

Jocasta

Keye Luke
Keye Luke

Narrator (voice)

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