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Works

*''Hanawa Hekonai Meitō no Maki, or The Dull Sword'' (1917) *''Chamebō Kūkijūno Maki'' (1917) *''Hanawa Hekonai Kappa Matsuri'' (1917) *''Eiga Enzetsu Seiji no Rinrika Gotō Shinpei'' (1926) *''Chonkire Hebi'' (1930)

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Jun'ichi Kōuchi
at the National Film Archive of Japan Japanese animators Anime directors Japanese animated film directors Japanese animated film producers 1886 births 1970 deaths {{anime-bio-stub