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Momotaro

1918 (estimated) Theatrical Nikkatsu

English title: The Peach Boy

Studio
Nikkatsu

Characters

Momotaro

Credits

Directing

Director
Seitaro Kitayama

Production notes

Silent cartoon.

Frequently (and incorrectly) credited as the first Japanese animated film; that honor belongs to "Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki," released in 1917.

This cartoon was lost in the 1923 Tokyo earthquake.