Noburô Ôfuji Movies

A film about traveling artists arriving from Mishima and Odawara.

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....

A short Japanese animation film from 1934.

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

Silhouette animation about an orphan, relating to Christmas.

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

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

Directed by Noburô Ôfuji.

Short directed by Noburô Ôfuji.