Hakusan Kimura

Yoshichiro Salutes

We should never forget our manners no matter how much we may excel in martial arts. Learn lessons from Yoshichiro's failure.

Cool Boat

The story begins in the Edo period with two foolish woman at the start of Kanda River's Kawabiraki, a festival marking the start of the boating season. A woman looking to be the daughter of a large shop gets lured over by a seemingly good looking man that appears and gives into pleasure. However, on the verge of the act, she is spotted by a boatman and falls into the river. The other woman, who looks like a mother, beckons the boatman to have the daughter make love again as she peeps. While rediscovered in 2017 after being considered lost for 85 years, the film remains unreleased and unavailable to the public.

The Nation of Fish

The Nation of Fish by Hakuzan Kimura

For the Nation

Short patriotic war short film by Hakusan Kimura.

Crab Temple Omen

An early silhouette animated film by Hidehiko Okuda, Hakusan Kimura and Tomu Uchida. The original story is a Buddhist tale of a young lady who saved a crab (a spiritual being according to Japanese Buddhist faith) from being eaten, and was later saved from danger by the same crab.