Samurai Kids

Samurai Kids
Samurai Kids
	Film poster
Directed by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Screenplay by	Masumi Suetani
Story by	Masumi Suetani
Produced by	Yoshinori Moniwa
Starring	Tsutomu Yamazaki; Ryō Yoshida; Ayumi Ito; Tomoyo Harada;
Cinematography	Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Edited by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Production; companies	Fuji-TV; Office 21; Toho Co., Ltd; Right Vision;
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	17 July 1993 (Japan);
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Samurai Kids (Japanese: 水の旅人侍KIDS, Hepburn: Mizu no Tabibito Samurai Kiddzu; lit. 'Water Traveller-Samurai Kids') is a 1993 Japanese fantasy adventure film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi from a story and screenplay written by Masumi Suetani.

Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki 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 as Satoru, a young boy.
Ayumi Ito as Chizuko, Satoru's sister.
Jun Fubuki as Yuuko, Satoru's mother.
Kiyotaka Nanbara
Onoe Ushinosuke VI
Tōru Yuri
Tomoyo Harada as Yuki, a librarian who introduces Satoru to the legends of miniature samurai.
Ittoku Kishibe as Fumihiro, Satoru's father.
Ishirō Honda as Grandfather—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. In the Philippines, the film was released as My Little Bodyguard on 24 August 1995.

Reception

Samurai Kids won an Excellence – Silver Award for Japanese Movies in the 11th Golden Gross Awards. The film also won two awards at the Japanese Academy Awards: Best Music Score for Joe Hisaishi and the Popularity Award for the Most Popular Film.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 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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[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008383-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 383.

[2] "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!

[3] "過去のゴールデングロス賞" (in Japanese). Japan Association of TheatreOwners. Retrieved 7 February 2020.