Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
- Original title
- くるみ割り人形
- Directed by
- Takeo Nakamura
- Genre
- fantasy film, Christmas film, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This stop-motion film is a loose retelling of The Nutcracker story. A young girl receives a nutcracker doll for Christmas and then goes on a magical adventure.
whimsicaldreamlikecharmingslightly eerieslow-paceddelicatefancifulnostalgic
What happens
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 given the character makes a cameo appearance during the climactic musical fantasy sequence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Nutcracker (2016)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.