About

Known credits:
17
Birthday:
1919-03-03
Place of birth:
Tokyo
Website:
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Tadahito Mochinaga

Overview

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

In 1945, Mochinaga traveled to Xinjing in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo set up in occupied China, to work at the Manchukuo Film Association. He stayed in China after the war and from 1950, he spent three years in Shanghai working on such films as Thank You, Kitty. He is perhaps the only major artist of the era to have worked in both Chinese and Japanese animation industries.

Known for

Directing
1959 Ou-sama ni Natta Kitsune Directing Director 59
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1958 Bunbuku Chagama Directing Director 59
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1957 Fushigi na Taiko Directing Director N/A
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1957 The Stolen Lump Directing Director N/A
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1956 Beer, those were the days Directing Director 59
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1956 Uriko-hime to Amanojaku Directing Director N/A
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1956 Go-hiki no Kozaru-tachi Directing Director 59
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1952 Kitty Goes Fishing Directing Director N/A
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1951 Little Iron Pillar the Boy Directing Director N/A
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1950 Thank You, Kitty Directing Director 59
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1948 Capturing the Turtle in the Jar Directing Director N/A
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Camera
1944 Fuku-chan's Submarine Camera Director of Photography 59
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Crew
1967 Mad Monster Party? Crew Cinematography 59
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1947 The Dream to Be an Emperor Crew Cinematography N/A
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Visual Effects
1965 Willy McBean and His Magic Machine Visual Effects Animation Supervisor 58
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1956 Beer, those were the days Visual Effects Animation 59
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1947 The Dream to Be an Emperor Visual Effects Animation N/A
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