Biography
Noburō Ōfuji (大藤 信郎, Ōfuji Noburō, June 1, 1900 – July 28, 1961) was a Japanese film director and animator. One of the most notable auteurs of anime (one of the industry's most prestigious awards, the Mainichi Film Awards' Ōfuji Noburō Award, is named after him), he worked primarily with cutout and silhouette animation. He also made a number of films in traditional animation, using then-expensive, imported cels, while his earliest work known to have survived is a live-action/animated film. He trained under Jun'ichi Kōuchi before starting his own company. He is known for his employment of washi, especially the coloured and patterned Edo chiyogami, which gives his films a distinctively Japanese appearance. He was one of the first Japanese animators to earn international recognition for his work.
Filmography
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Movies 30
Director 28
self 1
The Roots of Japanese Anime Until the End of WWII: 1930-1942 (2008)
The Life of Buddha (1961)
Beer, those were the days (1956)
The Phantom Ship (1956)
The Flower and the Butterfly (1954)
Kujira (1952)
Dangobee Torimono Chou: Hirakeegoma no Maki (1952)
The Bear Dodger (1948)
Dream of a Snowy Night (1947)
Spider Silk (1946)
The Battle of the Malay Sea (1943)
Princess Katsura (1937)
The Making of a Color Animation (1937)
Chinkoroheibei and the Treasure Box (1936)
Hyoei and Heibei's Tengu Hunt (1934)
General of the Swamp (1933)
Three Brave Frogs (1933)
The National Anthem Kimigayo (1931)
Will Power (1931)
Spring Song (1931)
At the Border Checkpoint (1930)
The Village Festival (1930)
The Black Cat (1929)
The Golden Flower (1929)
Whale (1927)
A Ship of Oranges (1927)
The Story of the Monkey King (1926)
Burglars of "Baghdad" Castle (1926)
A Story of Tobacco (1926)
Sitting Beneath the Cherry Blossoms (1924)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1900-06-01
Deathday1961-07-28 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceAsakusa, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As大藤信郎, Noburō Ōfuji, Noburou Ohfuji, Noburo Ohfuji, おおふじ のぶろう, Noburou Oofuji
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