Urashima Tarō (anime)

Urashima Tarō
Directed by Seitaro Kitayama
Based on Urashima Tarō
Release date
  • February 1918 (1918-02)
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Urashima Tarō (浦島太郎) is an animated film produced by Seitaro Kitayama in 1918. The film is an adaptation of a folk tale Urashima Tarō about a fisherman traveling to an underwater world on a turtle.[1] It premiered in February 1918.[2]

References

  1. "Japan finds films by early "anime" pioneers". Reuters. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  2. Frederick S. Litten. "Some remarks on the first Japanese animation films in 1917" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-01-02.
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