Kaze no Matasaburo
1940 Japanese film
- 1940 (1940)
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Kaze no Matasaburō (風の又三郎, Kaze no Matasaburō), in English Matasaburo of the Wind, is a 1940 Japanese fantasy children's drama film directed by Koji Shima,[1][2] based on Kenji Miyazawa's 1934 short story of the same name.
Plot
Saburō Takada transfers from a city to a very small school. The village children suspect that Saburō is actually Matasaburō, the wind spirit.[3]
Cast
- Akihiko Katayama as Saburo Takada
- Akira Oizumi as Ichiro (Koichi)
- Akiko Kazami
- Ryūji Kita
- Hiroshi Hayashi as Grandfather of Ichiro
- Bontaro Miake
See also
- Kenji Miyazawa
- Kaze no Matasaburo [ja] – short story by Kenji Miyazawa
- Full text of an English translation of "Matasaburo of the Wind" (the original story which the movie is based on).
References
- ^ Alexander Jacoby (10 February 2013). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 261–262. ISBN 978-1-61172-531-5. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ 風の又三郎 (1940). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ Kaze no Matasaburō. OCLC 55522348. Retrieved 30 Jun 2014.
External links
- "Japanese Vision cinema (1) "Kazenomatasaburou"".
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Films directed by Koji Shima
- Kaze no Matasaburo (1940)
- Ginza Kankan Musume (1949)
- Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
- The Phantom Horse (1955)
- Warning from Space (1956)
- Zangiku monogatari (1958)
- Unforgettable Trail (1959)
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