Movies

The story of a gluttonous whale and the other aquatic creatures

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

An animated black-and-white short by Noburô Ôfuji.

Early Japanese anime. A stop-motion papercraft animation set to a song sung by Kikoku Inoue

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

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

An early color animation which uses the color to help tell the story. Three butterflies save a bird that falls out of it's nest during a rainstorm....

Silhouette animation about an orphan, relating to Christmas.

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

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

A Japanese equivalent of a Hollywood Screen Song.

Chaos in the wild as fires break out and thread from a spider is the savior.

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

Short directed by Noburô Ôfuji.

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

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 short Japanese animation film from 1934.

A war propaganda film by Oofuji Noburou.

Short film about a princess being kidnapped.

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