Underplayed Gems

凸坊新畫帖 名案の失敗 (1917)

凸坊新畫帖 名案の失敗 poster
Directed by
Ōten Shimokawa
Genre
Comedy
Country
Japan
Elsewhere
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The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

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How it feels

This is a very early Japanese animated film from 1917. It features a character named Dekobo in a short comic sketch about a failed plan.

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What happens

『凸坊新畫帖 名案の失敗』（でこぼうしんがちょう めいあんのしっぱい）は、1917年（大正6年）2月初旬公開の下川凹天による日本国産最初期のアニメ映画である。本作を日本最古のアニメ映画とする説もある。2018年現在、現存が確認されたフィルムはない。 1917年1月に公開された『凸坊新畫帖 芋助猪狩の巻』と同一作品と推定される（後述）。当時の映画雑誌には1月の封切作品として『芋助猪狩の巻』が紹介されており「我邦で最初の試みとして成功せるものか」との記述があることから本作が下川最初の封切作品とする説が現在最も有力である。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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