"Bunraku is an 2010 computer-animated fantasy film that revolves around a "Man with No Name" stock character known as 'The Drifter'. Directed by Guy Moshe from his own script, the title of the film is based on a 400-year-old form of Japanese puppet theater, a style of storytelling that uses 4-foot (1.2 m)-tall puppets with highly detailed heads, each operated by several puppeteers who blend into the background wearing black robes and hoods.[1]
The classic tale is re-imagined in a world that mixes skewed reality with shadow-play fantasy. Its themes draw heavily on Samurai and Western.[2] Bunraku premiered as an official selection of the Midnight Madness section at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada.[3][4] A theatrical release is slated for 2011."
