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Pioneers of Japaneses Animation: From Tekobo to Momotaro

The Moving Picture Fight of the Fox and the Possum

Ikuo OISHI

Japan1933 12min 16mm B&W

Synopsis

A fox, disguised as a samurai practicing his art, comes to a desolate old temple and asks to be allowed to stay the night. In this temple, father and son raccoons are already living, disguised as monks. A big showdown of their respective disguising arts begins between the fox and the raccoons. The fox even brings such modern weapons as a machine gun to threaten the father raccoon. A masterpiece of American-style gang animation with unprecedented speed.

Diretor

Ikuo OISHI

After making an animated chocolate ad, he started producing animations in full. During World War ¥±, he also made training films for the Japanese navy. Among his main works are Two Suns (1929), The Mouse House-sits (1931), and Ponsuke in Springtime (1934).