Jack and the Beanstalk (1974 film)

Jack and the Beanstalk
Japanese poster for the film
Japanese name
Kanjiジャックと豆の木
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnJakku to Mame no Ki
Directed byGisaburō Sugii
Written byShūji Hirami
Produced byMikio Nakata
StarringMasachika Ichimura
Linda Yamamoto
CinematographyKazu Moriyama
Edited byMasashi Furukawa[1]
Music byTakashi Miki
Production
company
Distributed byNippon Herald Films
Release date
  • July 20, 1974 (1974-07-20)
Running time
96 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Jack and the Beanstalk (ジャックと豆の木, Jakku to Mame no Ki) is a 1974 Japanese animated feature film produced by Group TAC (as its debut film), distributed by Nippon Herald Films and directed by Gisaburō Sugii. Styled after classical Western animation, it is a musical fantasy based on the fairy-tale of the same name with the screenplay by Shūji Hirami, music organization by Yū Aku and songs and score composed and arranged by Takashi Miki with Shun'ichi Tokura and Tadao Inōe.[3] It was released in Japan on July 20, 1974[2] and in the United States by Columbia Pictures in 1976.[4]

  1. ^ "ジャックと豆の木とは - 映画情報 Weblio辞書". Weblio.jp. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  2. ^ a b "ジャックと豆の木". Jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  3. ^ The original, Japanese-language version film itself.
  4. ^ "Los Angeles Anime Festival". Anime News Network. April 16, 2003. Retrieved September 15, 2012.