Omocha-Bako Series, Dai-3-Wa: Ehon 1936-nen (1934)

Genre

Fantasy

How it feels

This black-and-white propaganda film imagines Japanese folklore characters fighting against evil Mickey Mouse-like creatures. It is a wartime fantasy that promotes national pride through a battle of good versus evil.

propagandisticfantasticalsurrealstylizedconfrontationalpatrioticachromaticdarkplayful

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