Before Masaoka Kenzō became one of Japan’s main animation pioneers, he directed two live-action featurettes full of special effects, both considered lost. Until this abridged version of the children’s fairy tale Sea Palace was found, now restored by the Kobe Planet Film Archive with the support of IFFR. A sensation for animation lovers.
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A young hero defeats a dragon to find acceptance to the court of burgundy.
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A young woman follows clues across America, searching for a missing statuette of a golden horse. Viewers were invited to solve the film's mystery to f...
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Hoist anchor, maties! And set a course for the grandest pirate yarn ever to shiver your timbers in this thrillingly animated, song- and –laughter fill...
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Dunderklumpen lives all alone in the mountains of Jämtland. One Midsummer's Eve when he feels very lonely he sets off on a journey to find friends.
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In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried after two malevolent kings murder his father. But a...
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Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern fat...
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Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including...
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A fortune hunter leads a search for diamonds guarded by undead sailors off the coast of Africa.
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Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purl...
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Amidst the family's financial difficulties, Juki finds a treasure map left by his ancestors. Along with Professor Juned, Babeh, and Emak, Juki embarks...
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Imprisoned by a sorcerer who fears she will rob him of eternal life, guileless young Princess Arete befriends a villager who helps her plan an escape.
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A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
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Ali Baba steals hidden treasure from some raiders who then seek revenge on his family.
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Ten years ago, in order to snatch the mysterious treasure left by Dashing King Li Zicheng, the wicked designed a decisive battle between the hero Miao...
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A shy movie fan must overcome his confidence issues when he and his crush, the theater concession stand girl, are pulled into a 1930s adventure film b...