Apr 01, 1927
9 min
Full-HD

Sea Palace (1927)

Before Masaoka Kenzō became one of Japan’s main animation pioneers, he directed two live-action featurettes full of special effects, both considered lost. Until this abridged version of the children’s fairy tale Sea Palace was found, now restored by the Kobe Planet Film Archive with the support of IFFR. A sensation for animation lovers.

Category

Fantasy

Country

Japan

Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Asako Yoshino

Sea Princess

Reijiro Misaki

Young Fisherman

Hitoshi Sasaki

Blackbeard

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