Videocassette release of 1945 animated feature film (74 min.) and a 16-min. cartoon short entitled: Kumo to churippu.

Kumo to churippu based on a story by Yokoyama Michiko.

Associate producer, Kumaki Kiichirō ; producer and writer, Seo Mitsuyo ; animation, Masaoka Kenzō, Kuwata Ryōtarō, Takagi Ichirō, et al. Issued under the supervision of the Naval Ministry.

Momotaro (of the traditional children's story) returns in an updated incarnation to lead paratroopers of the Imperial Japanese Navy as they fight battles in the later years of World War 2. This full length feature made between 1943 and 1945 is considered a classic of Japanese animation.

In the cartoon short called called "Kumo to churippu" a spider tries to entice a ladybug into his web. She takes refuge in a tulip and the spider angrily covers it with webbing. After a heavy rain storm washes the spider away, a friendly bee removes the webbing from the tulip and frees the ladybug. Based on a story by Yokoyama Michiko.

Umi no shinpei

Kumo to churippu

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Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.