Kaze no Matasaburo

Kaze no Matasaburō
Directed by Koji Shima
Written by Nagami Ryūzō
Ike Shintarō
Starring Akihiko Katayama
Akira Oizumi
Akiko Kazami
Music by Sugihara Taizō
Cinematography Aisaka Sōichi
Edited by Tsujii Masanori
Production
company
Release date
  • 1940 (1940)
Running time
 96 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Kaze no Matasaburō (風の又三郎, Kaze no Matasaburō) is a 1940 Japanese fantasy family 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 sprite.[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. 1989–1990. 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". Retrieved 30 Jun 2014.
  • "Japanese Vision cinema (1) "Kazenomatasaburou"".


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