Monday, April 9, 2012

SHONEN SARUTOBI SASUKE (1959, Taiji Yabushita, Movie)


JPN: Shônen Sarutobi Sasuke, "The Sarutobi Boy, Sasuke" / AKA: Magic Boy, Adventures of little Samurai, Sasuke Ninja Boy / DIR: Taiji Yabushita; Akira Daikuwara / SCR: Toppei Matsumura / DES: Akira Daikuwara; Hideo Furusawa / ART: Saburo Yokoi; Mataji Urata; Kazue Itô / ANI: Taku Sugiyama; Gisaburo Sugii; Norio Hikone / MUS: Satoshi Funemura; Toru Funamura / PRD: Toei Dôga. 1h 23m.

To defeat an evil Yokai (a demon known as Princess Yasha), little Sasuke wants to learn the ancient art of Nin Jutsu (here, a sort of Magical Kung Fu). He leaves the comfort of the family home, and his only sister Oyu; learns Magic from an ermit, and return years later to kill the Yokai.
This was the second theatrical feature length film released by Toei. Some of the animators that worked in this one will later join Tezuka in Mushi Productions (but certainly they didn't use there almost anything of what they've learned).
It is also known as The Adventures of Little Samurai; but Sasuke is a Sarutobi, which is a sort of ninja, or a martial art outlaw... (in any case opossed to the samurai). The beautifull art that Toei came to forge made the studio be known throughout the world. And this one was also the first japanese animated feature to be released in America (by MGM).
The orphan brothers was Toei's formula to the childrens heart, and they will use it again in Anju To Zushio Maru (1961). They fed childrens anxieties and fears: the loss of a pet; parental abandonment; a possible divorce; the upcoming birth of a new baby, etc.


The first half of the movie shows a considerable influence from Disney's Bambi (1942); specially in the backgrounds (but we also have a killed deer: the mother of one of Sasuke's pets). The animation shows big flaws; but this clumsiness makes the movie more appealing to the nostalgic eye. And the music exceed all praise, with memorable tunes and some fantastic vocals.
The highlight of this movie, at least for me, is the extraordinary Geisha dance performed by the Yokai. But the magical duel is definetely Japanese Anime in its purest form: the characters fly and throw each other fireballs atacks... and all of this way before Dragon Ball Z. So this is also a really cool Kung Fu kind of movie. (by pelida77)

5/5 RAR parts
AVI / 770 MB / 1h 23m / Audio: Jap - Eng - Spa / Subtitles: No
Video: MPEG-4 / 640x288 / 891 Kbps / 29.970 fps / 0.161 Qf
Audio: MP3 / 44.1 KHz / 128 Kbps

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2 comments:

  1. merci , mais ce n est pas le bon mais plutôt Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke (1959)
    merci

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