Yep I can confirm this is a lost film. Its been over 3 hours I have been searching this film online and have found nothing. It is insane how far misinformation has spread about the origin of this film.
This version of momotaro is being confused with the 1928 version that has a similar title and made by the same author. My theory is the first film was lost, but many confused it with the second version from 1928. In fact many of the pictures in websites like imdb are displaying shots from the 1928 version (this shot is around 5:30 in the second version btw)
1928 Ver of Momotaro
Its a shame because this film would have been an amazing way to see the improvement of animation over a 10 year period of 1918 and 1928. The 1918 film of the animation is also supposedly the first animation displayed outside of Japan. |
AlarokiMay 22, 2023 9:22 PM
