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AfterreadingRyūnosukeAkutagawa’sshortstory“TheNose”(鼻/Hana,1916),thegreatwriterNatsumeSōsekiissaidtohavewrittenalettertoAkutagawaproclaiming:“Ifoundyourpiece["TheNose"]veryinteresting.Soberandseriouswithouttryingtobefunny.Itexudeshumour,asuresignofrefinedtaste.Furthermore,thematerialisfreshandeye-catching.Yourstyleiswell-polished,admirablyfitting.”(source) OnecouldusesimilaradjectivestodescribeTakuFurukawa’sanimatedshortNoseTale(はなのはなし/Hananohanashi,2010).Reportedlyinspiredbyaboutofhayfever(source–whichwouldexplaintherunnynosesofmanyofthesupportingcharactersinthisfilm),NoseTaleisamash-upoffiveclassicstoriesfromaroundtheworld.Fourofthesestoriesconcernmenwithoversizednoses:“TheNose”byAkutagawa,“TheNose”(1835-36)byNikolaiGogol,“TheAdventuresofPinocchio”(1881-83)byCarloCollodi,and“CyranodeBergerac”(1897)byEdwardRostand. Furukawastartsoffbycuttingbetweeneachofthestories,butintheclimacticscenethemenwithgiantnosesallcometogetherfromtheirdisparatetimesandplacesforadragonviewingparty–aconceptadaptedfromanotherAkutagawastory“Dragon”(龍,1919).Thedramaticconclusionisunexpectedanddelightful. Theconceptisindeedfreshandeye-catchingandexudesthetongue-in-cheeksenseofhumouronehascometoexpectfromaFurukawafilm.Inallmyyearsstudyingtheartofcinema,Ineverexpectedtoencounterafilmthatmakesapointofcuttingbetweenstoriesbymatchingtheshapeofanoversizednose.Itissoridiculousastobewonderful.