Film

Matasaburo the Wind Boy

1988 · 30m · Family · Animation · Fantasy

A foreign transfer student from the city arrives one day in a Japanese country town. Enchanted by his air of mystery, his classmates nickname him "Matasaburou the Wind Imp" after a local legend. Eventually they become friends and spend many days playing in the countryside. One windy day, Matasaburou returns to the city, leaving his classmates to speculate that he really was Matasaburou the Wind Imp and that he flew away on the wind.

Mayumi Tanaka

Saburo Takada (voice)

Atsushi Gamou

Ichiro (voice)

Kazuhiro Kamifuji

Kasuke (voice)

Masato Hirano

Tatsuhiko Nakamura

Tatsuhiko Urahata

C. W. Nicol

Narrator

• RintaroDirector · Screenplay
• Keiju IshikawaOriginal Music Composer

Release date

August 20, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

30m

Genres

Family, Animation, Fantasy