
Tadahito Mochinaga
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday3 March 1919
Died1 April 1999 (age 80)
Place of birthTokyo
Known credits17
Biography
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, …

Mad Monster Party?
1967 · Cinematography

Willy McBean & His Magic Machine
1965 · Animation Supervisor
Ou-sama ni Natta Kitsune
1959 · Director
Penguin Bouya Lulu to Kiki
1958 · Director
Bunbuku Chagama
1958 · Director
Fushigi na Taiko
1957 · Director
The Stolen Lump
1957 · Director
Little Black Sambo and his Twin Brother
1957 · Director
Uriko-hime to Amanojaku
1956 · Director
Go-hiki no Kozaru-tachi
1956 · Director
Little Black Sambo versus the Tiger
1956 · Director

Kitty Goes Fishing
1952 · Director

Little Iron Pillar the Boy
1951 · Director

Thank You, Kitty
1950 · Director

Capturing the Turtle in the Jar
1948 · Director

The Dream to Be an Emperor
1947 · Cinematography

The Dream to Be an Emperor
1947 · Animation
Fuku-chan's Submarine
1944 · Director of Photography
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