Noburô Ôfuji — Director (9)

Movie

The Bear Dodger (1948) IMDb TMDB
熊に喰われぬ男
director: Noburô Ôfuji
other title: 熊に喰われぬ男
Created by Noburo Ofuji, who had been cartoon making since the 1920s, often with decorative paper cutouts. The character animation looks like it was done 15 years before, but a lot of the elements are highly original; design (those trees!), use of camera focus. Heavily musical in a manner that recalls animation's earliest use of sound. The lesson here is: "If you can't count on your friends, travel alone".

Movie

Spring Song (1931) IMDb TMDB
春の唄
director: Noburô Ôfuji
other title: 春の唄
Early Japanese anime. A stop-motion papercraft animation set to a song sung by Kikoku Inoue