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Pioneers of Japaneses Animation: From Tekobo to Momotaro

The Hare and the Tortoise

Sanae YAMAMOTO

Japan1924 7min 16mm B&W

Synopsis

This film is a treatment of the story of the race between the quick hare and the tardy tortoise, where the self-confident hare finally learns its lesson, a story forming the lyrics of a Japanese primary school song. Based on the original fable by Aesop.

Diretor

Sanae YAMAMOTO

At first assisting Seitarou Kitayama in animation production, Sanae Yamamoto began his own work in 1925. In 1956 he established an animation studio where he was the director, and started animating on a full-scale, and where he produced Japan's first feature-length color animation, Tale of the White Serpent. Other works include Momotaro is the Greatest(1928), Brother Bear(1932), and Defeat of the Spies(1942).