The Bear Dodger

Overview

Created by Noburo Ofuji, who had been cartoon making since the 1920s, often with decorative paper cutouts. The character animation looks like it was done 15 years before, but a lot of the elements are highly original; design (those trees!), use of camera focus. Heavily musical in a manner that recalls animation's earliest use of sound. The lesson here is: "If you can't count on your friends, travel alone".

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 29, 1948

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Sanko Eiga-sha

Director

Noburô Ôfuji

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0422605