Tag: Ofuji
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1937 – THE BEGINNING OF THE END
There are only three pieces of animation from Japan in 1937 that have made it to the present day. But I’m still very happy with what I can talk about.
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1936: MURATA’S END
On February 26th 1936, a group of young military officers, convinced that their brand of ultranationalism was correct and losing the internal struggle for the ear of the Emperor, attempted to overthrow the Japanese government; a coup d’etat.
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1934: FOUR DIRECTORS
Masaoka Kenzō gets unlucky, Ofuji Noburo uses another name, Seo Mitsuyo monkeys around, and an unknown director drives his characters mad.
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1933: MASAOKA, OFUJI, AND TEAM GODZILLA
MASAOKA was the first Japanese director to make a talking animated picture. Unless he wasn’t and it was OFUJI instead. Elsewhere, Godzilla’s owners shake a claw or two.
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1932: OGINO, OFUJI & THE UNKNOWNS
OGINO Shigeji was a skiving fuel store owner, someone’s whose name is lost was working for the Japanese War Department, and TEIZO Kato was making science fiction. They all directed cartoons from 1932.
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1931: OFUJI NOBURO
The first completely original record talkie – unless new evidence emerges – was made by Ofuji Noburo fill a demand from movie theatres, for a National Anthem.
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1929-30: MURATA II AND OFUJI
MURATA Yasuji continues to set a blazing pace in 1930, while OFUJI Noburo goes for quality and mostly succeeds.
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1927-28: HISTORY NOTES AND OFUJI
OFUJI Noburo’s career was continuing to build momentum and garner respect, although unfortunately only one of his films from these two years survive.
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1924-1926: KŌUCHI & OFUJI
Only one of the three pillars of the original 1917 Japanese animation boom was still in the industry by 1924. But his apprentice would change Japanese animation permanently.