Biography
Tadahito "Tad" Mochinaga was a pioneer Japanese stop-motion animator. Having done many stop motion films/shorts in Japan, he is best known as the animator for Rankin/Bass' "Animagic" productions at his MOM Studio in Tokyo throughout the 1960s. He did this work in association with American director Arthur Rankin, Jr. who wrote and designed the productions before sending them to Japan for animation.
In 1945, Mochinaga traveled to Xinjing in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo set up in occupied China, to work at the Manchukuo Film Association. He stayed in China after the war and from 1950, he spent three years in Shanghai working on such films as Thank You, Kitty. He is perhaps the only major artist of the era to have worked in both Chinese and Japanese animation industries.
Filmography
Cast Credits
No cast credits available.
Crew
Crew Credits
Mad Monster Party?
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1967
Willy McBean & His Magic Machine
Role: Animation Supervisor
MOVIE • 1965
Ou-sama ni Natta Kitsune
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1959
Penguin Bouya Lulu to Kiki
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
Bunbuku Chagama
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
Fushigi na Taiko
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1957
The Stolen Lump
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1957
Beer, those were the days
Role: Animation
MOVIE • 1956
Beer, those were the days
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1956
Uriko-hime to Amanojaku
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1956
Go-hiki no Kozaru-tachi
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1956
Kitty Goes Fishing
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1952
Little Iron Pillar the Boy
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1951
Thank You, Kitty
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1950
Capturing the Turtle in the Jar
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1948
The Dream to Be an Emperor
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1947
The Dream to Be an Emperor
Role: Animation
MOVIE • 1947
Fuku-chan's Submarine
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1944