Samurai Kids
1993 Japanese film
- Tsutomu Yamazaki
- Ryo Yoshida
- Ayumi Ito
- Tomoyo Harada
Production
companies
companies
- Fuji-TV
- Office 21
- Toho Co., Ltd
- Right Vision[1]
Release date
- 17 July 1993 (1993-07-17) (Japan)
Running time
Samurai Kids (水の旅人 侍KIDS, Mizu no Tabibito Samurai Kiddzu, lit. 'Water Traveller-Samurai Kids') is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.[1]
Cast
- Tsutomu Yamazaki[1] as Sutonahiko Suminoe (sometimes referred to as 'old man' by Satoru), a miniature samurai who is discovered by a little boy in a river.
- Ryō Yoshida[1] as Satoru, a young boy.
- Ayumi Ito[1] as Chizuko, Satoru's sister.
- Jun Fubuki[1] as Yuuko, Satoru's mother.
- Kiyotaka Nanbara[1]
- Onoe Ushinosuke VI[1]
- Tōru Yuri[1]
- Tomoyo Harada[1] as Yuki, a librarian who introduces Satoru to the legends of miniature samurai.
- Ittoku Kishibe[1] as Fumihiro, Satoru's father.
- Ishirō Honda as Grandfather[1]—Obayashi included Honda's portrait as a posthumous cameo, honouring him as a filmmaker, and paying respects to him as a friend.
Release
Samurai Kids was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on 17 July 1993.[1] In the Philippines, the film was released as My Little Bodyguard on 24 August 1995.[2]
Reception
Samurai Kids won an Excellence-Silver Award for Japanese Movies in the 11th Golden Gloss Award.[3] The film won two awards at the Japanese Academy Awards: Best Music Score for Joe Hisaishi and the Popularity Awards for the Most Popular Film.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Galbraith IV 2008, p. 383.
- ^ "Opens Today!". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. 24 August 1995. p. 23. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
Find Out Why This Film Is The NO.1 Hit In Japan Outgrossing Even Jurassic Park!
- ^ "過去のゴールデングロス賞" (in Japanese). Japan Association of TheatreOwners. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
Sources
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
External links
- Samurai Kids at IMDb
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Films directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Emotion (1966)
- House (1977)
- Take Me Away! (1978)
- I Are You, You Am Me (1982)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
- The Island Closest to Heaven (1984)
- Lonely Heart (1985)
- His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
- The Drifting Classroom (1987)
- The Discarnates (1988)
- Beijing Watermelon (1989)
- Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
- Samurai Kids (1993)
- Sada (1998)
- Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
- Seven Weeks (2014)
- Hanagatami (2017)
- Labyrinth of Cinema (2019)
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