The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab (movie)
猿と蟹- User score: 5.7
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Seitaro Kitayama
- Production companies: Nikkatsu Corporation
- Genre: Animation
- Release date: 5/20/1917
- Run time: 5 min.
Movie description
An early animated short based on the Japanese folktale. There is some confusion as to which version is which, as there are other animated takes on the tale: 1927s "Yasuji Murata’s Monkey and the Crabs", and 1939s "Monkey and Crabs" or ‘Shin Sarukanigassen’ from Kenzô Masaoka
