In 1955 Tadahito Mochinaga was asked to create commercials for Asahi beer, which he created using stop-motion, followed by the 1956 short film "Beer Mukashi Mukashi" (Beer, those were the days...), created specifically for theatres. With the help of Kikachiro Kawamoto and Noburo Ofuji, this is the first animated short/commercial in stop-motion made for Japanese cinemas!
Unfortunately the movie Beer, those were the days is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Toshikazu Obata | Producer |
| Production | Kiichi Inamura | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Tadahito Mochinaga | Animation |
| Crew | Jiro Kishi | Cinematography |
| Visual Effects | Noburô Ôfuji | Animation |
| Lighting | Takao Suzuga | Lighting Artist |
| Sound | Tadashi Hattori | Music |
| Visual Effects | Kihachiro Kawamoto | Animation |
| Writing | Tadashi Iizawa | Writer |
| Sound | Ichirô Katô | Sound |
| Directing | Tadashi Iizawa | Director |
| Directing | Tadahito Mochinaga | Director |
