Noburô Ôfuji Movies

Early Japanese anime. A stop-motion papercraft animation set to a song sung by Kikoku Inoue

A cut-out animation adaptation of the classic novel "Journey to the West."

Silhouette animation about an orphan, relating to Christmas.

A man in love with a noble lady tries to get close to her with the help of cats.

The story of a gluttonous whale and the other aquatic creatures

An animated black-and-white short by Noburô Ôfuji.

A man has a strange adventure on a hill as he returns from the village festival.

Created by Noburo Ofuji, who had been cartoon making since the 1920s, often with decorative paper cutouts. The character animation looks like it was...