Denshinbashira Eremi no Koi (English Subtitles)

[Machine Translation] The film has been a big hit since its release due to its high level of perfection! Director Hideto Nakata spent 8 years to depict the love and conflicts of a single telegraph pole named "Elemi" in this stop-motion animation film! --Elemi, a telegraph pole, breaks down on a night with a full moon. When she wakes up from a strange dream in which she walks toward the light, she finds Takahashi, a worker for an electric power company, in front of her. Elemi, who has been repaired by Takahashi and is now completely fine, desperately wants to talk to him, so she pretends to be human and makes a phone call. Takahashi is bewildered by the caller, who he does not recognize, but he soon begins to enjoy his daily calls with Elemi, and the two become good friends. Rumors of their friendship soon spread among the telegraph poles in the city, and Elemi is put on the telegraph pole conference and forced to part ways with him...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: interview, making-of, and stills

完成度の高さから公開後たちまち大きな話題! 「エレミ」という一本の電信柱が抱いた恋心と葛藤を、8年の歳月をかけて描いた中田秀人監督渾身のストップモーション・アニメーション!! ――満月の夜に、故障してしまった電信柱のエレミ。光に向かって歩き出す不思議な夢から覚めると、目の前に電力会社の作業員タカハシがいた。タカハシに修理され、すっかり元気になったエレミは、どうしてもタカハシと話がしてみたくなり、人間のフリをして電話をかけてしまう。タカハシは誰だか分からない電話の相手に困惑したが、やがて毎日のようにエレミとの電話を楽しむようになり、二人はすっかり仲良くなっていく。そんな二人の噂は街中の電信柱の中ですぐに広がり、エレミは電信柱会議にかけられ、彼との決別を迫られる・・・。

『電信柱エレミの恋』メイキング風景、造形物ギャラリー、キャラクター紹介