Kaze no Matasaburo

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.

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

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 – short story by Kenji Miyazawa
• Full text of an English translation of "Matasaburo of the Wind" (the original story on which the film is based on).