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{{Nihongo|Noburō Ōfuji|大藤 信郎|Ōfuji Noburō|June 1, 1900 – July 28, 1961}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[film director]] and [[animator]]. One of the most notable auteurs of [[anime]] of the first half of the [[20th century]] (one of the industry's most prestigious awards, the [[Mainichi Film Award]]s' Ōfuji Noburō Award, is named after him), he worked primarily with [[Cutout animation|cutout]] and [[silhouette animation]]. He also made a number of films in [[traditional animation]], using then-expensive, imported [[cel]]s, while his earliest work known to have survived is a [[live-action/animated film]]. He trained under [[Jun'ichi Kōuchi]] before starting his own company. He is known for his employment of ''[[washi]]'', especially the coloured and patterned [[Edo]] ''chiyogami'', which gives his films a distinctively Japanese appearance. He was one of the first Japanese animators to earn international recognition for his work.

==Selected filmography==
*''Baguda-jō no tōzoku'' (馬具田城の盗賊) (1926)
*''Kujira'' (鯨) (1927)
*''Chinsetsu Yoshida goten'' (珍説吉田御殿) (1928)
*''Mura matsuri'' [The Village Festival] (村祭) (1930)
*''Haru no uta'' [Song of Spring] (春の唄) (1931)
*''Chinkoroheibei tamatebako'' [Chinkoroheibei and the Treasure Box] (ちんころ平平玉手箱) (1936)
*''Kujira'' (くじら) (1952)
*''Yūreisen'' (幽霊船) (1956)

==See also==
* [[History of anime]]
* [[Kenzō Masaoka]]
==References==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php?title=departed_animators&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1|title=Departed animators|last=Ettinger|first=Benjamin|date=February 28, 2009|work=AniPages Daily|accessdate=2009-06-16}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.digital-meme.com/en/our_products/dvds|title=DVDs|work=Digital Meme|accessdate=2009-06-17}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php?title=old_anime&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1|title=Old anime|last=Ettinger|first=Benjamin|date=May 30, 2007|work=AniPages Daily|accessdate=2009-06-16}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.filmbaby.com/films/3479|title=The Roots of Japanese Anime|work=Film Baby|accessdate=2009-06-16}}
*{{cite web|title=To the Source of Anime|work=[[Cinémathèque québécoise]]|year=2008|url=http://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/animation_japonaise.pdf|format=[[Portable Document Format]]|accessdate=2008-07-21|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080819214736/http://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/animation_japonaise.pdf|archivedate=2008-08-19}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
==External links==
* [http://www.animevice.com/noburo-ofuji/20-55832 Noburō Ōfuji] at AnimeVice.com
* {{imdb name|0959977|Noburō Ōfuji}}
*{{jmdb name|id=0257770|name=Ōfuji Noburō}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm3rFyI3cJU ''Mura Matsuri''], a 1930 film by Ōfuji set to a song performed by Eiko Hirai
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