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
- Made by
- Imperial Japanese Navy Ministry (commissioning body); produced by Shochiku Moving Picture Laboratory, directed by Mitsuyo Seo
- Region
- East Asia
- Country
- Empire of Japan
- Medium
- Film stills
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Showa Japan
- Leader
- Kantaro Suzuki
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Media and information
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, 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
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.
