舌 Tongue
2022 · 2m · Canada
Directed by Kaho Yoshida
Genres: animation, experimental, surrealism
Tones: darkly comic, provocative, sensual
Tired of being talked at by men, a woman takes a sensual trip with unusual friends. A short animated reverie from Kaho Yoshida.
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The scouts
A woman literally weaponizes her tongue against the tyranny of male speech — it's absurdist body horror meets feminist revenge fantasy, the kind of premise that makes you laugh and recoil simultaneously. Yoshida swings for something genuinely transgressive where safer hands would've made a polite statement.
Yoshida's animation situates itself in a lineage of surrealist feminist cinema, with careful attention to the grotesque as formal language; the sensuality and provocation feel earned through deliberate visual composition rather than shock value alone.
The decision to animate the tongue itself as both weapon and companion—giving it character and agency rather than treating it as mere metaphor—is what transforms a one-liner concept into something that actually breathes.
Reviews
This film is my attempt to reclaim my power and celebrate women's sexuality and beauty. I wanted to tell this story with vulnerability and humor, and I trust that the audience will receive it with an open mind.