Kaze no Matasaburo

1940 Japanese film
  • 1940 (1940)
Running time
96 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 風の又三郎 (1940). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  3. ^ 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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