Noburô Ôfuji Movies

Film about a ghost ship. There is no dialogue, just music and a choir.

A cut-out animation adaptation of the classic novel "Journey to the West."

A man in love with a noble lady tries to get close to her with the help of cats.

A war propaganda film by Oofuji Noburou.

A black cat sings and dances, animated using cut-outs.

A short documentary on the making of Noburo Ofuji's Katsura-hime.

Directed by Noburô Ôfuji.

A short Japanese animation film from 1934.

The story of a gluttonous whale and the other aquatic creatures

A re-edited, feature length compilation of the two parts of Ôfuji's The Great Sage Shakyamuni Buddha - the culmination of Noburô...

Created by Noburo Ofuji, who had been cartoon making since the 1920s, often with decorative paper cutouts. The character animation looks like it was...

The mischievous Chinkoroheibei visits the underwater realm of the fish king where he tries to steal the king's treasure box.

Silhouette animation about an orphan, relating to Christmas.

Very short animated film from Japan, using cut-outs in the style of Lotte Reiniger.

In 1955 Tadahito Mochinaga was asked to create commercials for Asahi beer, which he created using stop-motion, followed by the 1956 short film "Beer...

In front of a girl with the traditional Japanese hairstyle, a small man on a desk says, "women descended from tobacco." The girl laughs at him and...

A Japanese equivalent of a Hollywood Screen Song.

In order to win the hand of a princess, a man must defeat an evil dragon and claim its treasured magic stone. Upon his return, Baghdad has been...

A whale swallows women and men.