Person

Tadahito Mochinaga

Directing · 1919–1999 · Tokyo

Tadahito "Tad" Mochinaga was a pioneer Japanese stop-motion animator. Having done many stop motion films/shorts in Japan, he is best known as the animator for Rankin/Bass' "Animagic" productions at his MOM Studio in Tokyo throughout the 1960s. He did this work in association with American director Arthur Rankin, Jr. who wrote and designed the productions before sending them to Japan for animation. In 1945, Mochinaga traveled to Xinjing in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo set up in occupied China, to work at the Manchukuo Film Association. He stayed in China after the war and from 1950, he spent three years in Shanghai working on such films as Thank You, Kitty. He is perhaps the only major artist of the era to have worked in both Chinese and Japanese animation industries.

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  The Dream to Be an Emperor

  Cinematography

• Fushigi na Taiko

  Director

• Bunbuku Chagama

  Director

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  Mad Monster Party?

  Cinematography

• Ou-sama ni Natta Kitsune

  Director

• Uriko-hime to Amanojaku

  Director

• Little Black Sambo versus the Tiger

  Director

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  Willy McBean & His Magic Machine

  Animation Supervisor

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  Thank You, Kitty

  Director

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  Kitty Goes Fishing

  Director

• 1967Mad Monster Party?Cinematography
• 1965Willy McBean & His Magic MachineAnimation Supervisor
• 1959Ou-sama ni Natta KitsuneDirector
• 1958Penguin Bouya Lulu to KikiDirector
• 1958Bunbuku ChagamaDirector
• 1957Fushigi na TaikoDirector
• 1957The Stolen LumpDirector
• 1957Little Black Sambo and his Twin BrotherDirector
• 1956Go-hiki no Kozaru-tachiDirector
• 1956Uriko-hime to AmanojakuDirector
• 1956Little Black Sambo versus the TigerDirector
• 1952Kitty Goes FishingDirector
• 1951Little Iron Pillar the BoyDirector
• 1950Thank You, KittyDirector
• 1948Capturing the Turtle in the JarDirector
• 1947The Dream to Be an EmperorCinematography
• 1944Fuku-chan's SubmarineDirector of Photography