Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki

1917 · Directed by Ōten Shimokawa · 5 min · silent film

The Story of the Concierge Mukuzo Imokawa was once considered to be the first professional Japanese animated film ever made. It was made by Ōten Shimokawa in 1917 to be shown in a cinema, in this case, in the Asakusa Kinema Kurabu, a theater in Tokyo managed directly by the film company Tenkatsu.