Synopsis

Konigiri-kun is an energetic rice ball boy, with a triangular body and a sesame salt head. He goes to the birthday party of his friend, Mini Tomato. Believe it or not, his home is the highest point of a high-rise apartment! They get straight into a gondola and head off! Good heavens! The roof next door has been blown away by the winds! Ms. Tori (bird) desperately tries to protect her children, but neither the rain, nor the wind are stopping. But everything’s okay because Konigiri-kun is coming with his parasol to help!

Mari Miyazawa

Mari Miyazawa graduated from Nihon University, College of Art, Department of Fine Arts (1983), and from the Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media (2014). She worked as a graphic designer for computer games until 2000. Since 2002, she presents her 'oekaki bento' (kyaraben) works as an exploration of 'food art'. She had solo exhibitions in Ginza (Tokyo) and Umeda (Osaka). From 2007 she directed short animated films using food as material, aired on J:COM (Japan's largest CATV channel).