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Pigsy Eats Watermelon

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Language
  
Mandarin

Director
  
Wan Laiming Wan Guchan

Country
  
China

Pigsy Eats Watermelon movie poster

Release date
  
1958

Pigsy Eats Watermelon (Chinese: 猪八戒吃西瓜) is a chinese animation produced at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio by Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan. It is also referred to as "Mr. Pig Eats Watermelon" or "Zhu Bajie Eats Watermelon".

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Story

The main character was Zhu Bajie, the Chinese folklore character from the literature Journey to the West. Though the story was considered more of a spin-off. The character was used, since pigs were often associated with greed in the culture.

Background

In 1958 Wan Guchan innovated a new paper-cut technique and this film was one of the first to utilize the method.

References

Pigsy Eats Watermelon Wikipedia
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