Lost Disney film featuring ‘origin’ of Mickey Mouse found in Japan. A long-lost cartoon produced by Walt Disney and featuring a character that led to the creation of Mickey Mouse was confirmed in Japan decades after it was bought by a high school student. The film, whose original title was “Neck ’n’ Neck,” was released in 1928, starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Anime history researcher Yasushi Watanabe, 84, who lives in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, bought the film at a toy wholesalers’ area in Os