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Tadahito Mochinaga

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Japanese animator (1919-1999)

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Tadahito "Tad" Mochinaga was a pioneer Japanese stop-motion animator. Having done many stop motion films in Japan, he is best known as the animator for Rankin/Bass' "Animagic" productions at his MOM Production Studio in Tokyo throughout the 1960s.

Filmography 13

Go-hiki no Kozaru-tachi1956
Ou-sama ni Natta Kitsune1959
Bunbuku Chagama1958
Little Iron Pillar the Boy1951
Thank You, Kitty1950
Penguin Bouya Lulu to Kiki1958
Fushigi na Taiko1957
Little Black Sambo versus the Tiger1956
The Stolen Lump1957
Uriko-hime to Amanojaku1956
Kitty Goes Fishing1952
Capturing the Turtle in the Jar1948
Little Black Sambo and his Twin Brother1957

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Tadahito "Tad" Mochinaga was a pioneer Japanese stop-motion animator. Having done many stop motion films in Japan, he is best known as the animator for Rankin/Bass' "Animagic" productions at his MOM Production 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.

Country
Japan
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 1999 · aged 80
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6 languages

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