Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
March 3, 1979Release Date
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
March 3, 1979Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Kaoru Sugita
Clara (voice)
Kō Nishimura
Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
Michele Lee
Narrator
Melissa Gilbert
Clara
Shizue Natsukawa
Aunt Gerda (voice)
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Queen Morphia (voice)
Lurene Tuttle
Aunt Gerda
Christopher Lee
Uncle Drosselmeyer / Street Singer / The Puppeteer
Takao Yamada
Gar (voice)
Takeo Nakamura
Director
Yukari Uehara
Princess Mary (voice)
Tarō Shigaki
Franz / Fritz (voice)
Shintaro Tsuji
Writer
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Writer
Hisao Dazai
Chamberlain (voice)
Haruko Kitahama
Queen of Time (voice)
Thomas Joachim
Writer
Shiro Kishibe
Fat Mouse (voice)
Walt deFaria
Producer
Kiiton Masuda
King Godwin (voice)
Shinji Maki
Clovis (voice)
Hiroshi Tamaoki
Viking Wiseman (voice)
Nobuo Ogawa
Editor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Original Music Composer
Atsushi Tomioka
Producer
Aguri Sugita
Cinematography
Fumio Otani
Cinematography
Ryoji Takamori
Cinematography
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 3, 1979
Original Nameくるみ割り人形
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Genres
Wiki.
Nutcracker Fantasy (くるみ割り人形, Kurumiwari Ningyō, lit. 'The Nutcracker') is a Japanese-American stop motion animated film produced by Sanrio, very loosely based on Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker and E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It is directed by Takeo Nakamura and written by Shintaro Tsuji, Eugene A. Fournier and Thomas Joachim. It was officially released in Japan on March 3, 1979 and later in the United States on July 6, 1979. The film was nominated for the 1980 Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and the 1980 Young Artist Award for Best Motion Picture featuring youth and won the 1980 Young Artist Award for Best Musical Entertainment.
Nutcracker Fantasy was the first stop-motion project by Sanrio. The film's overall animation style is reminiscent of all the original Rankin/Bass "Animagic" productions, shot at Tadahito Mochinaga's MOM Production (later renamed Video Tokyo Production) in which Nakamura had previously worked for. A remastered version of the film was announced by Sanrio, with an advanced screening at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 29, 2014 and released formally in theaters on November 29, 2014 as part of Hello Kitty's 40th anniversary.