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.
| Directing | Tadahito Mochinaga | Director |
| Crew | Jiro Kishi | Cinematography |
| Directing | Tadashi Iizawa | Director |
| Lighting | Takao Suzuga | Lighting Artist |
| Production | Kiichi Inamura | Producer |
| Production | Toshikazu Obata | Producer |
| Sound | Tadashi Hattori | Music |
| Sound | Ichirô Katô | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Kihachiro Kawamoto | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noburô Ôfuji | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tadahito Mochinaga | Animation |
| Writing | Tadashi Iizawa | Writer |
