Tuesday, 24 June 2014

CELEBRATING 75 YEARS: JAPAN'S JOURNEY TO OZ


Oz no Mahotsukai (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

Celebrating 75 years The Wizard of Oz came out on the big screen,  I thought it would be interesting to take a trip back in time to the eighties when hair was big and anime was relatively new to Europe.


Music score by Joe Hisahi
"Searching for a Dream."

Dorothy: Sumi Shimamoto
Scarecrow: Yoshito Yasuhara
Tin Man: Takuzo Kamiyama
Cowardly Lion: Ichiro Nagai
Glinda: Aiko Kunoshima
Uncle Henry: Eisuke Yoda
Aunt Em: Haruko Kitayama
The Wizard of Oz: Seizo Kato, Tadao Futami
Good Witch of the North: Mitsuko Tomobe
Queen of the Field Mice: Fumi Hirano
The Prince of Ev: Eiko Yamada
Princess Langwidere: Yoko Asagami
Tip/Princess Ozma: Masako Nozawa
Jack Pumpkinhead:  Kazuyo Aoki


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz_%281986_TV_series%29


Info found courtesy of Paul Simpson's book: A Brief Guide to Oz

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