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All movies seen on 12/25/2020

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Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)

Directed by Takeo Nakamura

Adventure | Fantasy | Animation

Overview

Based off of the novel, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” and the ballet, “The Nutcracker”, Sanrio shows their take on the classic story in a stop-motion animated film.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Kaoru Sugita | Kô Nishimura | Shizue Natsukawa | Atsuko Ichinomiya | Takao Yamada | Yukari Uehara | Tarô Shigaki | Hisao Dazai | Haruko Kitahama | Shiro Kishibe | Keaton Masuda | Shinji Maki | Hiroshi Tamaoki

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

DKUTV holdover that I finished on Prime (actually just started it over) bc I needed a break during their Xmas animated film marathon last night. This is a wild film that feels more like a mashup of Return to Oz and Alice in Wonderland (not sure I even know what the real Nutcracker story is despite having seen various incarnations of it). Christopher Lee does a few voices which is p cool. This Japanese production feels very influenced by the Rankin Bass stop motion films, very similar style here. I like how dark this gets with the main rat villain threatening to kill the girl and her doll.

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