''A Tale of Africa'' (also titled ''The Green Horizon'' and ''Afurika Monogatari'') is a 1980 Japanese drama film directed by

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and Simon Trevor and starring

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(In his final live-action theatrically-released film role).

Plot

Cast

as Old Man *

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as Man *Kathy as Girl * Eleonora Vallone as Woman *Heekura Simba

Production

The film was shot from late 1979 to early 1980 in

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

Release

The film premiered in the United States in 1981 when it aired on

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Reception

David Parkinson of ''

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'' awarded the film two stars out of five.

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gave it a BOMB rating.page 14

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tale Of Africa Japanese drama films Films shot in Kenya Films directed by Susumu Hani 1980s English-language films English-language Japanese films 1980s Japanese-language films 1980 drama films 1980 multilingual films Japanese multilingual films 1980s Japanese films