Comedy ·Fantasy ·Action ·Horror · Japan · 1972 · 1h 32m

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

紙芝居昭和史 黄金バットがやって来る

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here poster
Director
Katsumune Ishida
Cast
Keiju Kobayashi as Tokuhei Kyojima Kazuko Ichikawa as Kiyoko Takuya Fujioka as Yoshikichi Kanno Shoichi Ozawa as Seitaro Marukawa Tanie Kitabayashi as Hiroshi Ishikawa as Toru Katayama
Crew
Nobuo Ogawa — Editor Ryōzō Kasahara — Writer Michio Morioka — Producer Satoru Chūko — Production Design
Synopsis

The dramatized tale of the 1935 creation of Japan's first superhero, the "Golden Bat", alongside the changes during and after the Second World War, not just to the hero himself, but the art of "kamishibai" picture stories that he originated from.

Key Collaborators
Katsumune Ishida Director Nobuo Ogawa Editor Ryōzō Kasahara Writer Michio Morioka Producer Satoru Chūko Production Design
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