Japanese Butterflies
About Japanese Butterflies
Segundo de Chomón's hand-colored short lines up several figures in Japanese costume. A worm changes into a butterfly. As it flies, the wings change color.
Cast & crew
More about Japanese Butterflies
Chomón directed. The French title is Les Papillons japonais. The color is only partial. Lists give it about four minutes. It was released in France in 1908.
Themes
Preservation
A partly hand-colored print survives.
Notes
- The butterfly's color shift is hand color, not a costume change.
- The figures are dressed as Japanese, in the same vein as his Kiriki short.
- The French title is Les Papillons japonais.
Scenes
- The worm opens into a butterfly whose wings change color in flight.
