| Momotaro: Sacred Sailors | |
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| Directed by | Mitsuyo Seo |
| Written by | Mitsuyo Seo |
| Cinematography | Mitsuyo Seo[1] |
| Music by | Yūji Koseki |
Production company | Shōchiku Dōga Kenkyūsho |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Languages | Japanese English |
Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (桃太郎 海の神兵, Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei)[2] is the first Japanese feature-length animated film.[3] It was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a propaganda film for World War II by the Japanese Naval Ministry. Shochiku Moving Picture Laboratory shot the 74-minute film in 1944 and screened it on 12 April 1945. It is a sequel to Momotarō no Umiwashi, a 37-minute film released in 1943 by the same director.[4][better source needed]
In English, the film is sometimes referred to as Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors.
- ^ "Momotaro, Sacred Sailors (1945) - IMDb". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "Momotaro, Sacred Sailors". Shochiku. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917. Revised and Expanded Edition.—Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2006.—P. 12.—ISBN 978-1933330105
- ^ "Momotarô: Umi no shinpei". IMDb. 12 March 1945. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.