Yoshitaro Kataoka
片岡芳太郎
Kataoka was an animator primarily active at Yokohama Cinema before the war. Representative works include the entertaining samurai cartoon Danemon Ban—The Monster Exterminator, in which the hero battles an army of racoons. He also took over the “Monkey Sankichi” series from Mitsuyo Seo and maintained its popularity. After the war, he tried to make color films using the newly developed Konicolor system, while also working as an artist for rental manga.
Total running time: Approx. 92 minutes. / monochrome