Synopsis
Japan’s first feature-length animation was produced by the Japanese Admiralty to promote the success of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The main characters are Momotaro, captain of an aircraft carrier, a dog, a monkey, members of his crew, a pheasant pilot, and a rabbit groundsman. Through their active participation, they bomb the Onigashima naval port and Japan is victorious. We can detect the thread of counter-US propaganda in the American soldier’s looking just like Brutus, the villain of Popeye.