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Kaze no Matasaburo

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  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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