Benkei tai Ushiwaka
べんけい対ウシワカ
“1939 Japanese animated short depicting legendary duel between Benkei and young Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Ushiwaka).”
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Synopsis
1939 Japanese animated short depicting legendary duel between Benkei and young Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Ushiwaka).
Benkei tai Ushiwaka is a short animated Japanese film made in 1939 by Kenzō Masaoka. It is based on the legendary encounter between Saitō Musashibō Benkei, who was collecting swords for the Buddha, and Minamoto no Yoshitsune, who was called Ushiwaka in his youth. (Source: Wikipedia)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.7/10
What 3
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50% recommend
Score distribution
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MixedMostly aligned
σ 1.25 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.0 ptsRecommenders 7.0 · others 4.0
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1.33Verbosity
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Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7/10 “Overview: It's taken as gospel here on MAL that Ashita no Joe or "Tomorrow's Joe" was the first good anime ever made. I've decided to be even more of a hipster and go even farther back. This is...”
- 4/10 “This is not Kenzou Masaoka's best work, even for its time. After the delightful Nonsense Story : Monkey Island, this unfinished work seems rather unpolished in both tonality and consistency. It has...”
- 6/10 “This is something that I think everyone should watch. It not only gives you a good representation of who we can thank for where we are today, but also how far we've come. With that said, here is a...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Benkei tai Ushiwaka begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-6757
A Movie Production · Summer 1939
- Format
- 1 × 13′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 0h 13m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Jul 1939 – Jul 1939
- Summer 1939
- Source
- Movie
- media type
- Rated
- G
- All Ages
- Ref.
- BS-6757
- catalog