Junk Head (2021)

Original title

JUNK HEAD

Directed by

Takahide Hori

Genre

science fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, adventure film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

15

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a distant future, humans have achieved near-immortality but can no longer reproduce, leaving their species on the edge of extinction. A stop-motion animated story follows one being's journey through a decaying underground world.

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What happens

Junk Head (Japanese: ジャンク・ヘッド) is a 2017 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic science fiction film written and directed by Takehide Hori, based on his 2013 short film Junk Head 1. The film comprises some 140,000 stop-motion shots, and runs for 101 minutes. The story is set in a distant future world where humans have received longevity but lost their fertility, and are nearly extinct by population decline. Director Guillermo del Toro positively reviewed the film and it won three awards. It is the first film in a planned trilogy, with the second film, Junk World, released in June 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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