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Ryûichi Yokoyama

Ryûichi Yokoyama

Writer, Director, Producer

Born May 17, 1909 in Kochi, Kochi, Japan

Died November 8, 2001

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When his mangas gave him enough popularity, the film industry began to take an interest in him and he was hired to do the cartoon sequences of the films "Enoken's Millions" (1937). Shortly after he created his most famous manga series, "Fuku-Chan" (1938-71), which was converted in two short animation films (1942-44) the first directed by reputed Kenzo Masaoka. Yokoyama wrote the script himself and co-directed the second one, which was his debut as a director; he directed several short films more and finally, after creating his own studio, Otogi, in 1957, he did two long-feature animation films, "Hyotan Suzume" ("The Sparrow in the Empty Pumpkin", 1959) and "Otogi no Sekai Ryoko" ("Journey Around Otogi's World", 1962). Yokoyama was also creator and director of the Japan first animation TV series, "Instant History" (1961-62), followed by "Manga Calendar" (1962-63). Yokoyama also directed a live-action film with animation sequences, "Watashi wa nisai" ("I Am Two Years Old", 1962), and also appeared as an actor in a film based on the manga of his little brother Taizo Yokoyama, "Pu-San" ("Mr. Poo").

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Actor

1

Kyôsaitô sôsai ni eikô are Feature Film1960Self

Writer

11

Type

Year

Onbu obake TV Series1972

Dôbutsu-mura Monogatari TV Series1970

Otogi's Voyage Around the World Poster

Otogi's Voyage Around the World Feature Film1962

The Top-Heavy Frog Poster

The Top-Heavy Frog Short Film1957

Onbu obake Poster

Onbu obake Short Film1955

Peko-chan to Densuke Poster

Peko-chan to Densuke Feature Film1950

Fuku-chan's Submarine Poster

Fuku-chan's Submarine Short Film1944

Uwanosora hakase Short Film1944

Fuku-chan no zosan butai Short Film1943

Fuku-chan kishu Short Film1942

Edokko Ken-chan Feature Film1937

Director

7

Type

Year

Dôbutsu-mura Monogatari TV Series1970

Otogi's Voyage Around the World Poster

Otogi's Voyage Around the World Feature Film1962

Instant History TV Series1961

Hyotan suzume Poster

Hyotan suzume Feature Film1959

The Top-Heavy Frog Poster

The Top-Heavy Frog Short Film1957

Onbu obake Poster

Onbu obake Short Film1955

Fuku-chan's Submarine Poster

Fuku-chan's Submarine Short Film1944

Producer

6

Type

Year

Otogi's Voyage Around the World Poster

Otogi's Voyage Around the World Feature Film1962

Instant History TV Series1961

Plus 50000 nen Poster

Plus 50000 nen Short Film1961

Hyotan suzume Poster

Hyotan suzume Feature Film1959

The Top-Heavy Frog Poster

The Top-Heavy Frog Short Film1957

Onbu obake Poster

Onbu obake Short Film1955

Animation Department

3

Type

Year

Being Two Isn't Easy Poster

Being Two Isn't Easy Feature Film1962

Instant History TV Series1961

Onbu obake Poster

Onbu obake Short Film1955

Cinematographer

2

The Top-Heavy Frog Poster

The Top-Heavy Frog Short Film1957

Onbu obake Poster

Onbu obake Short Film1955

Art Department

1

Plus 50000 nen Poster

Plus 50000 nen Short Film1961

Editor

1

The Top-Heavy Frog Poster

The Top-Heavy Frog Short Film1957

Special Effects

1

Being Two Isn't Easy Poster

Being Two Isn't Easy Feature Film1962

Other Crew

1

Onbu obake TV Series1972

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