, is a 1955

Japanese film The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that ea ...

directed by Fumito Kurata. It was based on a best-seller by

Momoko Ishii was a distinguished Japanese writer and translator of children's books. She was the first member of the Japanese Art Academy from the field of children's literature. Biography Ishii was born in Urawa, Saitama, and graduated from the Japan Women's ...

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* Japanese black-and-white films 1955 films Japanese fantasy films 1950s fantasy films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub