Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki (1917)
- Directed by
- Ōten Shimokawa
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A short silent film from 1917 shows a concierge named Mukuzo Imokawa in a simple comedic situation at a doorway.
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What happens
The Story of the Concierge Mukuzo Imokawa (芋川椋三玄関番の巻 or 芋川椋三玄関番之巻, Imokawa Mukuzō Genkanban no Maki) 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. It was preceded by Shimokawa's early work, 凸坊新画帳・名案の失敗 (Dekobō shingachō – Meian no shippai, Bumpy new picture book – Failure of a great plan) and 凸坊新畫帖 芋助猪狩の巻 (Dekobo Shingacho Imosukei no Shishigari no Maki, Convex new picture book Imo Suke boar hunting volume) from January 1917. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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