Oedo Nihonbashi
お江戸日本橋
A music video for the song "Oedo Nihonbashi" by Mieko Hirota, created for the NHK program Minna no Uta. The short film brings the traditional Japanese folk song to life through animation, depicting scenes of Edo-period Japan centered around the Nihonbashi bridge. Produced by Otogi Production and NHK, this special aired on Japanese television in 1963, blending music and visual storytelling for a brief, artistic presentation.
The video is now considered lost media, with no known surviving copies. Despite its historical significance as an early example of animated music videos on Japanese public broadcasting, the original film has not been preserved or rediscovered. Its existence is known only through archival records and references, leaving its exact content and visual style a mystery to contemporary audiences.
