Kaze no Matasaburo

Kaze no Matasaburō
Directed byKoji Shima
Written byNagami Ryūzō
Ike Shintarō
StarringAkihiko Katayama
Akira Oizumi
Akiko Kazami
CinematographyAisaka Sōichi
Edited byTsujii Masanori
Music bySugihara Taizō
Production
company
Release date
  • 1940 (1940)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

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.
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