ARAI, Wagoro

Wagorō ARAI

荒井和五郎 (1907 - 1994)

name sometimes transliterated as Kazugorō ARAI

b. Tokyo

silhouette animation

• Musabi Image Library
• Munroe Hotes, Catherine. "Wagorō Arai: His World of Silhouette Animation." Nishikata Film Review. 7 September 2014.

Filmography

Year: 1939

English Title: The Gold Key

Japanese Title (日本語): 黄金の鈎

Japanese Title (romaji): Ougon no Kagi

length (分/秒): 10'

style: silhouette

medium: monochrome

additional info:

Year: 1940

English Title: Madame Butterfly's Fantasy

Japanese Title (日本語): お蝶夫人の幻想

Japanese Title (romaji): Ochōfujin no gensō

length (分/秒): 12’

style: silhouette

medium: 16mm, monochrome, silent

additional info: co-directed by TOBIISHI Nakaya

Year: 1941

English Title: Jack and the Beanstalk

Japanese Title (日本語): ジャックと豆の木

Japanese Title (romaji): Jakku to mame no ki

length (分/秒): 15’

style: silhouette

medium: 16mm, monochrome, silent

additional info: Arai DOP

Year: 1942

English Title: Princess Kaguya

Japanese Title (日本語): かぐや姫

Japanese Title (romaji): Kaguya Hime

length (分/秒): 26’

style:

medium: 16mm, monochrome, silent

additional info: Arai DOP

Year: 1943

English Title: Nippon, Banzai!

Japanese Title (日本語): ニッポンバンザイ

Japanese Title (romaji): Nippon Banzai

length (分/秒): 11’

style: silhouette

medium: 35mm, monochrome

additional info: directed by MIKAMAI Ryoji, Arai did the silhouette animation

Year: 1947

English Title: The Coconut

Japanese Title (日本語): 椰子の実

Japanese Title (romaji): Yashi no Mi

length (分/秒): 10’

style: silhouette

medium: 35mm, monochrome

additional info: adaptation of a song by Tōson Shimazaki

Year: 1947

English Title: The Little Match Girl

Japanese Title (日本語): マッチ賣りの少女

Japanese Title (romaji):

length (分/秒): 10’

style: silhouette

medium: 35mm, monochrome

additional info: adaptation of the Andersen fairy tale

Year: 1948

English Title: The Flower Princess

Japanese Title (日本語): お花のおひめさま

Japanese Title (romaji): O-hana no O-hime-sama

length (分/秒): 18’

style: silhouette

medium: 35mm, monochrome

additional info:

Year: 1989/91/93?

English Title: A Japanese Folk Tale: The Crane Returns a Favour (translation of title)

Alternate Title: Twilight Crane (Hiroshima Animation Festival title)

Japanese Title (日本語): 昔噺名残之太布 おつる別れの場

Japanese Title (romaji): Mukashi-banashi Nagori no Futomeno - Otsuru wakare no ba

length (分/秒): 27’

style: silhouette

medium: 16mm, monochrome

additional info: story more commonly known as Tsuru no Ongaeshi (The Crane Returns a Favour) or Tsuru Nyōbō (The Crane Wife); played at Hiroshima as Twilight Crane