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Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (1944)

19441h 14mdir. Mitsuyo SeoJapaneseJapan

Directed by Mitsuyo Seo

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Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (桃倪郎 海の神兵, Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei) is the first Japanese feature-length animated film. It was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a propaganda film for World War II by the Japanese Naval Ministry. Shochiku Moving Picture Laboratory shot the 74-minute film in 1944 and screened it on 12 April 1945. It is a sequel to Momotarō no Umiwashi, a 37-minute film released in 1943 by the same director and also starring the traditional Momotarō character.

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