Movies and TvShows featuring "paper-cutout" theme.

A black cat sings and dances, animated using cut-outs.

A Japanese equivalent of a Hollywood Screen Song.

Taxi driver Gion Taro falls in love with one of his female passengers. When he learns that she is a famous actress shooting a film in his beloved hometown Kyoto, he doesn't hesitate for a second to apply for the last remaining acting role - as a taxi driver. Based on a radio drama, Gion Taro's odyssey is charmingly animated with paper cutout figures, set against the backdrop of scenic Kyoto.

During the late Kamakura period, there lived a famous swordsmith known as Masamune whose renown as a swordsmith was so great that even long after his passing the term “Masamune” was used to describe any fine sword. Even today, the Masamune Prize is awarded to swordsmiths of outstanding skills in their craft. In Yasuji Murata’s cutout animation The Monkey Masamune a humble messenger is rewarded with the gift of a Masamune sword when he saves the life of a monkey and her child.

Early Japanese anime. A stop-motion papercraft animation set to a song sung by Kikoku Inoue

A man has a strange adventure on a hill as he returns from the village festival.

A man in love with a noble lady tries to get close to her with the help of cats.