Movies

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

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

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

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...

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

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

A Japanese equivalent of a Hollywood Screen Song.

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

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...

Short film about a princess being kidnapped.

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

The story of a gluttonous whale and the other aquatic creatures

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

A somewhat historical tale about a famous Japanese businessman who made his fortune by shipping oranges from the farmlands to the capital city of Edo.

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

A man has a strange adventure on a hill as he returns from the village festival.

A whale swallows women and men.

A war propaganda film by Oofuji Noburou.