The Animal Olympics (1928)

Interesting facts

Animal Olympic Games is a Japanese animated short film from 1928. It was directed and animated by Yasuji Murata for Yokohama Cinema Shōkai.

Production and release

The film was inspired by the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, and was made in Yasuji Murata's film studio, Yokohama Cinema Shōkai. Murata himself was director and responsible for the animation. The work is considered his most important. The script was written by Chūzō Aochi and the animators were Koji Iida and Yukikiyo Ueno.

The film was admitted on 4 November 1928 by the Japanese Censorship Board and then presented in Japanese cinemas.

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