Films by the Year's video: Katsudou Shashin 1907

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226777/ Director: Unknown Production Company: Unknown Country: Japan Notes: Katsudō Shashin (活動写真, "motion picture"), sometimes called the Matsumoto fragment, is a Japanese animated filmstrip that is the oldest known work of animation from Japan. Its creator is unknown. Evidence suggests it was made before 1912, so it may predate the earliest displays of Western animated films in Japan. It depicts a young boy in a sailor suit who writes the kanji characters "活動写真" (katsudō shashin, "moving picture") from right to left, then turns to the viewer, removes his hat, and bows. Katsudō Shashin is a provisional title for the film, whose actual title is unknown. Unlike in traditional animation, the frames were not produced by photographing the images, but rather were impressed onto film using a stencil. - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsud%C5%8D_Shashin] More rare films here: https://filmsbytheyear.com/chronological-list-of-films/ Join the Films by the Year Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmsbytheyear/ Please support Films by the Year: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CNVYLA6W7F9LJ&source=url