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Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
JAPAN · 1936

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

Kon Ichikawa
kidnapping revenge rescue mission concert bandit
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Synopsis

An early, heavily Disney-inspired cartoon, written and directed by Kon Ichikawa. A bandit kidnaps a member of a concert audience as an act of revenge, and the concert's conductor, the Momotaro-esque Dangonosuke, goes to her rescue.

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