The 1973 novel was written by Kobo Abe and follows a nameless man who gives up his identity to live with a large cardboard box over his head, encountering a range of characters as he wanders the streets of Tokyo。
47, which recently garnered multiple awards at the 2024 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, tells the heartbreaking yet ultimately uplifting story of Robert, a boy with Down syndrome. Through exquisitely crafted puppetry and miniature sets, we watch Robert face constant rejection and exclusion, symbolised by a treacherous river voyage. All the way through, his mother's love, r...
