The World of Power and Women (lost Japanese animated short film; 1933)

The Protagonist and the typist.

Status: Lost

Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka (力と女の世の中 Within the World of Power and Woman or The World of Power and Woman) is a Japanese short anime film produced by Kenzō Masaoka. This anime film is the first anime to use voice acting.

Plot

The protagonist is a father of four children who has a wife who has an extraordinary physique. ^{[citation needed]}Because of this, he had an affair with the typist at the company he worked for. ^{[citation needed]}

Production

In 1931, Shochiku released The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (マダムと女房, Madamu to Nyōbō) which would become the first Japanese talkie film. Following the film's success, Shochiku's president, Shirō Kido, commissioned Masaoka to create the first anime to feature voice acting, and he immediately began work on it.

Masaoka worked on the film for over a year and finally finished it in October 1932. It was released in theaters the following year on April 13, 1933. At that time, voice acting jobs didn't exist yet, so Shochiku used regular voice actors. His casting of famous stars, such as Roppa Furukawa and Ranko Sawa (of the Takarazuka Revue), helped make the film a success.

Status

The existence of this anime film is thought to be lost, due to the absence of the film clearly. Also because the audio from the film is also missing, despite this anime is the first anime to use voice acting. All that remains are a few screenshots of scenes from the film, which are also very few.