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title: 'Still from "Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei" (Momotaro''s Divine Sea Warriors), Japanese navy-sponsored animated feature'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/momotaro-sacred-sailors-film-still-1945/
description: 'Black-and-white frame from a 1945 animated feature: two cartoon animals, a monkey and a dog with a dark patch over one eye, stand under a tree looking…'
section: Collection
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[![Still from "Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei" (Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors), Japanese navy-sponsored animated feature](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/momotaro-sacred-sailors-film-still-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/momotaro-sacred-sailors-film-still-1945.jpg)

# Still from "Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei" (Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors), Japanese navy-sponsored animated feature

Black-and-white frame from a 1945 animated feature: two cartoon animals, a monkey and a dog with a dark patch over one eye, stand under a tree looking up, both in navy sailor uniforms with anchor badges on their caps; one carries a cloth bundle, the other a small case. Animal companions of a familiar folk-tale hero are shown in service uniform (transfer: the folk tale's familiarity is attached to the navy).

- **Date:** April 12, 1945
- **Period:** [Second World War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=wwii)
- **Made by:** Imperial Japanese Navy Ministry (commissioning body); produced by Shochiku Moving Picture Laboratory, directed by Mitsuyo Seo
- **Region:** [East Asia](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=east-asia)
- **Country:** [Empire of Japan](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=empire-of-japan)
- **Medium:** [Film stills](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=film-still)
- **Issuer type:** [Military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=military)
- **Regime:** [Showa Japan](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=showa-japan)
- **Leader:** [Kantaro Suzuki](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=kantaro-suzuki)
- **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public)
- **Purpose:** [Persuade or win support](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=persuade-support)
- **Themes:** [War and the military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=war-military), [Media and information](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=media-information)
- **Event:** [World War II](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=world-war-ii)
- **Techniques:** [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Momotaro's_Divine_Sea_Warriors-screeny.JPG), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (Commons tag PD-Japan-film; Japanese term ended 1995, before URAA date, so PD in US) Shochiku / directed by Mitsuyo Seo, release date 12 April 1945; screenshot via Wikimedia Commons

## Text on the object

Checked for printed text

No printed or legible text on this object.

Checked on the 903 px image: the frame shows the two animal characters, foliage and sky only. No caption, subtitle, title card or lettering is visible; the small anchor devices on the caps and sleeve are emblems, not text.

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