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Animal Olympic Games

192813 minJapan
ComedyAnimation

Synopsis

An animal sporting competition brings together creatures with very different abilities. Gymnastics, swimming, boxing and track events become occasions for visual jokes, including competitors who try to improve their chances with unconventional equipment.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Japanese.
This copy runs
13:11
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Japanese. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Yasuji Murata · Public domain

DirectorsYasuji Murata

Inspirations

The Amsterdam Olympics inspired Yasuji Murata's animated short. Yokohama Cinema Shōkai produced this Japanese take on the international sporting event.

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