Movies

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The story of a gluttonous whale and the other aquatic creatures

Silhouette animation about an orphan, relating to Christmas.

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

A Japanese equivalent of a Hollywood Screen Song.

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.

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

Directed by Noburô Ôfuji.

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....

Short directed by Noburô Ôfuji.

Short film about a princess being kidnapped.

A film about traveling artists arriving from Mishima and Odawara.

The story of Three Brave Frogs.