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6.8
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3.4
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5.8
/2114/

The Lump (1929)
An old man with a huge lump on his face encounters a band of Tengu in the mountains.
poster
55
17
6.1
/77/
52
/4/
54
/8/
5.3
/1242/

Our Baseball Game (1930)
A baseball game between the rabbits and tanuki (raccoon dogs).
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52
16
6.2
/75/
46
/6/
51
/7/
5.3
/1070/

Taro's Toy Train (1929)
A train conductor goes about his duty. All the characters are animals in human form. Hippo ladies in dresses try to jam into cars and other passengers pull jokes and cause havoc.
poster
53
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5.6
/16/
52
/4/
65
/2/
4.9
/533/

The Octopus' Bone (1927)
The story is based on the traditional, Japanese myth of Urashima Taro; in which a fisherman is transported from the seashore into a fantastic underwater world on the back of a giant turtle.
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65
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73
/3/
5.6
/408/

Ugly Duckling (1932)
An adaptation of the The Ugly Duckling.
poster
55
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6.6
/34/
50
/4/
52
/4/
5.6
/804/

Why Is the Sea Water Salty? (1935)
When a poor, yet honest, man rescues an old man who has fallen off a log bridge, the little people of the forest give him a "Mortar of Treasures" that will grant any item that a person desires. The man uses the mortar to become the richest person in the village. But the man's greedy brother steals the mortar and, determined to enjoy all the luxuries by himself, climbs into a rowing boat and heads for an isolated island. On the way, however, he asks for salt from the mortar, but then cannot figure out how to stop it. Finally, the boat sinks under the weight of all the salt, and the mortar sinks to the bottom of the sea where it is pouring out salt to this day.
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47
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5.6
/22/
43
/3/
55
/2/
5.0
/646/

Over a Drink (1936)
An unemployed man picks up a flyer which happens to be a notice asking for investors to put up capital for raising a sunken ship. The sum is 10 yen each. To the man, who cannot even scrape together enough money to buy a 10-sen shochu (cheap distilled spirits), this notice seems to be completely beyond his realm. That evening, the man passes by a bar and is enticed inside where he drinks himself to sleep. When he comes to, he realizes that he is at the bottom of the sea. The man meets a samurai who is suspicious of him at first, but when he realizes that the man is Japanese, they cooperate to hunt for treasure. Almost immediately, they come upon the sunken ship of Mononai-go. What will become of them?
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48
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5.7
/31/
40
/2/
50
/1/
5.0
/597/

Private 2nd Class Norakuro: The Training (1933)
Private 2nd Class Norakuro is having the training for recruits, but makes so many mistakes.
poster
51
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6.1
/26/
53
/3/
45
/2/
5.0
/456/

Sanko and the Octopus: A Fight Over a Fortune (1933)
This early Japanese animation opens with a festival of sorts...
poster
43
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4.7
/28/
43
/6/
44
/5/
4.2
/622/

The Sun and the Frogs (1936)
A short film about frogs and a fish trying to eat them all.
poster
48
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5.4
/66/
36
/6/
55
/4/
4.6
/898/

Momotaro's Underwater Adventure (1932)
A early Japanese animation short.
poster
50
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5.9
/38/
40
/4/
60
/1/
4.9
/655/

Private 2nd Class Norakuro: The Drill (1933)
Norakuro keeps getting his allies and enemies mixed up during training.
poster
57
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55
/7/
60
/1/
5.4
/341/

Kamishibai: The Story of the Tanuki (1933)
A picture-story showman is reading a story about a troublemaking tanuki on the street to children. A starving tanuki with nowhere to go plots to steal offerings from Mangokuzan Temple, which has a lot of offerings. The raccoon sneaks into the temple. While he is eating bean-paste buns, a child bonze comes. So, the tanuki turns himself into a statue of Buddha. A shortened and revised version of The "Enchanted Kettle". According to The History of Japanese Animation written by Katsunori Yamaguchi and Yasushi Watanabe, the picture-story scene at the beginning of the film and the scene of the raccoon dog dancing at the end were added in this version.
poster
51
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4.4
/44/
61
/6/
52
/5/
4.5
/789/

The Monkey Fleet (1936)
This very brief cartoon from Japan whose title translated means "The Monkey Fleet" and runs little more than a minute has the Asian monkeys battling octopuses as they both go underwater with the simian animals riding in submarines shooting their torpedo bullets at the sea creatures.
poster
55
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6.2
/38/
61
/6/
58
/4/
5.4
/711/

Yasuji Murata's Monkey and the Crabs (1927)
A Yasuji Murata version of the classic Japanese story Saru Kani Gassen.
poster
57
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6.2
/80/
53
/10/
48
/9/
3.4
/203/
5.4
/1001/

The Monkey Sword Masamune (1930)
During the late Kamakura period, there lived a famous swordsmith known as Masamune whose renown as a swordsmith was so great that even long after his passing the term “Masamune” was used to describe any fine sword. Even today, the Masamune Prize is awarded to swordsmiths of outstanding skills in their craft. In Yasuji Murata’s cutout animation The Monkey Masamune a humble messenger is rewarded with the gift of a Masamune sword when he saves the life of a monkey and her child.
poster
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6.2
/45/
50
/5/
54
/7/

The Bat (1930)
Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds when the birds were looking victorious, and then they would become allies of the beasts when that side was winning battles. At last the war came to an end, the two parties reached an amicable settlement, and a great party of friendship was held. But when it came to the turn of the bats to perform in the program, their fence-straddling tactics were exposed, and everyone refused to associate with them. Since that time, the bats have been too ashamed to show their faces during the day, coming out only at night to flit silently around.
poster
50
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5.1
/40/
50
/4/
55
/4/
4.7
/781/

The Larks' Moving Day (1933)
The Larks' Moving Day. Early Japanese animation.
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Longing for Snow and Rocks (1931)
A group of brave climbers scale Mt. Hotakadake.
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Across the Equator (1936)
Tsuburaya served both as director and cinematographer of this feature-length national policy documentary, supported by the naval ministry, which creates a sketch of life among cadets aboard a naval training vessel on a voyage around Indochina, Malaya, Hawaii and the South Pacific islands. The film clearly outlines the economic motives behind Japan’s southward expansion, but also presents the music and dance traditions of various regions, in what has been termed “folklore through sound”.
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Hokushin Japan (1934)
A movie about Hokushin Japan


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