The Spider and the Tulip (1943)

Name: The Spider and the Tulip
Genre: Adventure, Animation
Released: 1943-04-15

16m

Running Time

April 15, 1943
Release Date

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Plot.

A spider attempts to lure a ladybug into his web. When she manages to escape and hide in a tulip, a storm comes that batters the spider, while the ladybug remains safe.

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Cast & Crew.

Kenzô Masaoka

Director / Writer

Michiko Yokoyama

Story

Ryutaro Hirota

Music

Ryōtarō Kuwata

Animation

Saburô Yamamoto

Animation

Kenji Doi

Animation

Masao Kumagawa

Animation

Details.

Release Date
April 15, 1943

Original Name
くもとちゅうりっぷ

Status
Released

Running Time
16m

Content Rating
PG-13

This Movie Is About.

insect

musical

blackface

Wiki.

Kumo to Tulip (くもとちゅうりっぷ, Kumo to Chūrippu, lit. "Spider and Tulip") is a short animated Japanese film made in 1943 by Kenzo Masaoka. It is a story about a ladybug being chased by a black-faced spider. The spider catches the ladybug, but then it rains, the spider drowns, and the ladybug is freed by a friendly fly.

In 2001, the Japanese magazine Animage elected Kumo to Tulip one of the greatest anime productions of all time.

The short-film was screened at Locarno Film Festival and at Barbican Centre's Barbican Animation Show.