Manga: Sarumasamune
IMDb ID: tt0418865 · Rating: 6.2 (79 votes)
Genres: Animation · Short
Short movie from 1930 about a soldier traveling a great distance to deliver a letter. Along the way he receives a sword from a monkey.
IMDb Details
Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesUnited Kingdom: The Monkey Sword Masamune
United States: The Monkey Sword Masamune
World-wide: The Monkey Sword Masamune (English)
Brazil: A Espada do Macaco para Masamune
Japan: Saru masamune (alternative transliteration)
World-wide: The Monkey Masamune (English, literal title)
Japan: 漫画 猿正宗 (Japanese)
The Monkey MasamuneRuntime9 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews1Critic Reviews1Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordscutout animation
saving a life
paper cutout
messenger
monkeyProduction CompaniesYokohama Cinema ShokaiIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418865/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0418865.jpgUpdated At2025-06-01T05:34:04
United States: The Monkey Sword Masamune
World-wide: The Monkey Sword Masamune (English)
Brazil: A Espada do Macaco para Masamune
Japan: Saru masamune (alternative transliteration)
World-wide: The Monkey Masamune (English, literal title)
Japan: 漫画 猿正宗 (Japanese)
The Monkey MasamuneRuntime9 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews1Critic Reviews1Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordscutout animation
saving a life
paper cutout
messenger
monkeyProduction CompaniesYokohama Cinema ShokaiIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418865/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0418865.jpgUpdated At2025-06-01T05:34:04
Directors
Yasuji Murata
Writers
Chûzô Aochi
Full Cast & Crew
[Directors Group]
Name: Yasuji Murata | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Chûzô Aochi | Role: Writer
Name: Yasuji Murata | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Chûzô Aochi | Role: Writer
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418865/videogallery/
Release Schedule
Japan: January 1931
Germany: April 16, 2004 (Nippon Connection Film Festival)
Germany: April 16, 2004 (Nippon Connection Film Festival)
Awards
No awards or nominations listed on IMDb.
Box Office
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