With the wind and rain pummelling down upon him during a long journey, a man finds his coat has crumbled and his hat torn. Then, in the depths of self-pity he is reminded of a master of mad verse who once travelled the same lands. Now inspired, he writes of horses shaking the dew of their manes, harvesting rice fields in the fading light, and willow trees dropping their leaves.

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Winter Days is a supremely artful audiovisualization of a renku, a kind of collaborative chained poem, from the famous poet Bashō's collection from 1684. Fittingly, the 36 animated scenes based on the poem were created by different animators in different styles as a collaboration. This film doesn't make sense as a conventional story, rather it simply shows how the 36 haiku-like stanzas were interpreted, in turn giving the viewer additional layers to enjoy. It's a wonderfully aesthetic and zen-like watch.

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