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Pioneers of Japaneses Animation: From Tekobo to Momotaro
Sanae YAMAMOTO
Japan1929 6min 35mm B&W
Taro and a dog jump out of a picture book, shoulder a manual movie camera, and embark on a photo trip. While they travel from the North Pole to the South, they meet various animals.
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).