Old Man Goichi

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Original Title	五一ぢいさん
Japanese kana Rendering	Goichi jisan
English Title	Old Man Goichi
Production Date	1931
Author	Sanae Yamamoto
Duration (minutes)	11
Sound	silent
Color	b/w
Plot	Children beg Old Man Goichi of the water mill to tell them a story. So he tells them the story of The Two Dogs while his rice cooks. In the story, a white dog and a black dog find a piece of meat on the road, but the two greedy dogs start fighting over the meat. When they get tired of fighting, they decide to divide the meat using a ruler and saw. But then they start fighting again saying one piece is bigger than the other. Then, they ask a wise monkey to settle the issue for them. Saying that it would measure the weights for them, the sly monkey eats a little of whichever piece was larger until he eats almost all of it. Seeing the now tiny pieces of meat placed in front of them, the two dogs start crying. After finishing the story, Old Man Goichi teaches the children that if you are greedy, you will come out on the losing side.
Description	This film is adapted from "Old Man Goichi" in the Elementary School Japanese Reader Vol. 3 (尋常小學國語讀本卷三) and "The Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape" and "The Two Dogs" in Aesop's Fables. The scenes at the beginning and end of the film, in which Goichi tells a story to children, are live-action. According to the reader, Old Man Goichi, who loves to sing, is 69 years old.
Production Company	the Ministry of Education
Distribution	the Ministry of Education
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Credits: Director	Animation: Sanae Yamamoto
Credits: Staff, Cast, etc.
Intertitles	T1「五一ぢいさん　文部省」、T2「仕事なされよ　きりきりしやんと　かけたたすきのきれる程」、T3「仕事なされよ　きりきりしやんと　かけたたすきのきれる程」、T4「今日も五一ぢいさんから面白いお話を聞かうよ」、T5「五一ぢいさん」、T6「今日も面白いお話をしてきかせて下さい」、T7「それではお米のつけるまで何か話してやらうかな」、T8「桃太郎のお話はどうだ」、T9「ではカチカチ山にしようか」、T10「二匹の犬のお話をしてやらう」、T11「むかしむかしある處に」、T12「何をするのだ　何をするのだ」、T13「肉はおれがかぎつけたのだ」、T14「馬鹿を言へおれの方が先だ」、T15「いつまでけんくわをしてもつまらないおなかもすいたから肉を分けようぢやないか」、T16「よし分けよう」、T17「おい何か切れ物を探し來い」、T18「貴様が番をして居るのは甚だ危險だ肉を持つて一しよに行かう」、T19「俺の肉の方が少い」、T20「さうぢやないお前の方が大きい」、T21「では取りかへをしよう」、T22「どうもその方が大きいやうな氣がする」、T23「そこで白犬と黑犬は肉片のどちらが大きいか智惠者の猿に調べてもらふ事にした」、T24「何分よろしくお願ひいたします」、T25「目で見たばかりではどちらが大きいかわからない目方を計つてやらう」、T26「右の方が少し重い」、T27「これでは又こちらの方が重くなつた」、T28「又右の方が重くなつた」、T29「お願ひは取り下げます我々のものが公平になる時は何もなくなる時だ」、T30「どうだわかつたかよくばるとおたがひにそんをするんだぞ」、T31「仕事なされよ　きりきりしやんと　かけたたすきのきれる程」、T32「終　山本早苗ゑがく」。
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References	・「新作映畫解説五一ぢいさん」『文部省教育映畫時報 7』文部省社会教育局、1931年、21-27頁(写真あり)。・「文部省新作映畫五一ぢいさん」『映画教育』1931年7月号、第41輯、27頁(写真あり)。
Frames per Second	24fps
Source of Digital Copy	The 35mm nitrate original negative owned by Ministry of Education -> The 35mm interpositive owned by NFC -> 35mm internegative -> The 35mm positive
Completeness	complete
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