Osamu Tezuka Movies

A master of Japanese animation, Gisaburo Sugii talks candidly about his career and creative process in this rare and exciting piece of film.

A tranquil forest and all of its residents must face the destruction of man. A squirrel, born and raised in the forest, fights to defend his home and...

Compilation of Episodes 46, 56 and 71 from the 1963 Astro Boy series that were reproduced in color for this theater version.

This extremely brief film was Osamu Tezuka's answer to a challenge presented to the leaders of the international animation community to create...

After losing his parents, a young bear named Yamataro is chained as an attraction of a small kiosk near a train station. There he is encouraged by a...

Sleeping Bride is the story of a girl, Yumi, who since birth, has never been awake. A boy called Yuuichi finds the girl in the hospital while he is a...

The story of a white lion cub growing to become the king of the jungle. The movie is an edited version of the 1965 Japanese television series of the...

A science-fiction fantasy based loosely on the classical Japanese Noh theatre drama Adachi-ga Hara about the demon Onibaba, of which lyrical extracts...

When a Tiger Cub named Paola appears in the Jungle and chases the other animals seeking a friend, unrest begins to stir. When Leo befriends Paola,...

A man is sitting in a dark room, looking anxious, while his tomcat explains the man why he needs some privacy.

Atom is attending a party on the space station with Dr. Ochanomizu. However, while at the party, he hears a voice. It is the voice of a robot that...

A lonely kid who lives in the countryside meets a strange boy who has a ragged umbrella over his head and there is always rain pouring over him. The...

During another routine day at the farm, a chicken refuses to part with her egg. The supervising rooster resolves the issue in one shot. The other...

This is the fourth original animated piece for the Tezuka Osamu Animation theatre that takes up Tezuka Osamu's message of "Saving our Fragile Earth"...

An anthology of strange horror tales featuring yokai. It begins with astronauts finding a katana on the moon.

Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who...

Black Jack is approached by a defecting soldier and his wife with a plea to help their son, who is afflicted with a rare disease. Although it might...

Akira is a lonely middle school boy, ignored by his classmates and bullied by his teacher. He falls in love with the image of a girl on a coffee...

This is a pilot film for an animated TV program based on "Son-goku the Monkey." In order to get an idea of the reaction of children, its main...