The Hare and the Tortoise

The scruffy Hare challenges the slow Tortoise to a race downhill across a dozen obstacles. The Tortoise plods steadily forward while the Hare naps in a tree. A slapstick sprint through 1920s Japanese countryside ends with the same moral wearing a top hat.

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Sanae Yamamoto directed The Hare and the Tortoise in 1924. See Sanae Yamamoto's full filmography, where to start with Sanae Yamamoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Sanae Yamamoto.

The Hare and the Tortoise was released in 1924 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 6 minutes.