winter 1926

Saiyuuki: Son Gokuu Monogatari

A short film based on the classic novel Journey to the West.

Kemurigusa Monogatari

The oldest recovered film by Noburou Oofuji that combines paper cutout animation with live action shots. 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 traps him under a glass. The angry man puffs on a cigarette in a pipe and blows smoke at the girl. The girl takes the cigarette from the man and puts it under her book. When the man threatens her with a gun, the girl throws the cigarette into the yard. The man becomes really angry and tries to shoot her, but the gun does not fire. In the end, the man starts telling her about the beginning of tobacco. (Source: animation.filmarchives.jp)

Byoudoku no Denpa

Eating a fish of frying, making flies in food due to improper circumstances, doing washing in the river, etc, the terrible venom spreads unexpectedly. In order to prevent it, it is essential to disinfect with salad water. When going out, it is important to mask the fungus and prevent fungal invasion and disinfect futon etc in the sunlight. Since one person's carelessness will lead to the family and, in the end, the disease spread will spread out in Japan, urge the attention so that hygiene ideals will spread. (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics)

Seiji no Rinrika

A series of animations and quotes depicting the political ideologies of Shinpei Goto, a cabinet member in the Taisho period.

Shin Kachikachi Yama

A short film directed by Takeo Ueno (上野武夫).

Yamazaki Kaidou