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Spring and Chaos (movie)

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Alternative title:
Ihatov Gensou: Kenji no Haru (Japanese)
Kenji's Spring
イーハトーブ幻想 Kenjiの春 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, slice of life
Objectionable content: None
Copyright notice: © TV Iwate, Group TAC.
Plot Summary: Set in the beginning of the 20th century Japan, the film follows the bright and eccentric Kenji from his late student years through his adulthood. Kenji suffers the tragedy of being an artist whose art isn't recognized during his lifetime. Based on the life of the author Kenji Miyazawa, the film depicts his brief but intense existence.
User Ratings: 134 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:3, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 24 votes (sub:21, dub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 38 votes (sub:26, dub:9, others:3
2 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 36 votes (sub:24, dub:11, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:3, others:1
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:3)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 230 users, rank: #2291 (of 5564)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.567 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5571, rank: #1069 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 7.533 (Very good−), rank: #973 (of 5553) (seen all: 7.53)
Bayesian estimate: 7.534 (Very good−), rank: #750 (of 4228)
Running time: 53 minutes
Vintage:
1996-12-14
2001-05-29 (American Release)
Premiere date:
1996-12-14 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"アヴェ・マリア (Ave Maria)" by Shang Shang Typhoon
Official website:
Kenjiの春 (Japanese)
Tokyopop - Spring and Chaos Official
Comment:
TOKYOPOP / Mixx Entertainments first licensed title and dub.
Review:
Spring and Chaos DVD (Jan 1, 1970)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Spring and Chaos (DVD) 2001-05-29 (from $45.50)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shoji Kawamori
Screenplay: Shoji Kawamori
Music: Shang Shang Typhoon
Original story: Kenji Miyazawa
Character Design: Takahiro Kishida
Art Director: Hiroshi Ohno
Animation Director: Takahiro Kishida
Sound Director: Atsumi Tashiro
Cgi Director:
Shinji Nasu
Tsuneo Maeda
Executive producer: Takao Abe
Producer:
Atsumi Tashiro
Yukinori Fuchizawa

Assistant Director: Eiichi Sato
Assistant producer: Ken Fujita
Cinematography: Hajime Noguchi
Color Director: Miyoko Ichinose
Editing: Masashi Furukawa
Key Animation:
Ichiro Itano
Kazuchika Kise
Tokuyuki Matsutake
Toshiyuki Tsuru
Recording engineer: Yasushi Nagura
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Special consultant to the Director:
Hiroshi Masumura
Taijiro Amazawa
Shirou Sano as Kenji

Shiho Niiyama as Taichi

Akane Tomonaga as Seito
Chikao Ohtsuka as Father
Hiroshi Isobe as Kana
Keiichi Fujimura as Peasant A
Mariko Kouda as Toshi
Naoko Hirai as Kuni
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Director: Stuart Levy
Translation:
Mathew Galgani
Stuart Levy
Sound Director: John Forbes
Executive producer:
John Parker
Stuart Levy

Script Editing: James Klein
Sound Editor: Paul Nielson
Ron Jaxson as Kenji

Elissa Sarna as Toshi
Herb Mendelson as Kanai
James Klein as
Chusaku
Student
Janathan Funk as Teikichi
Jenny Subjack as
Farmer
Ryota
Student
Taka
Karen Vered as Intro Naration
Kirk Durham as Tetsuo
Suzan Isaacs as
Farmer
Kuni
Suzan Jaget as Kenji's Mother
Wendel Kimsell as Kenji's Father

Heather Smith as Student
James Klein as Taichi
Jonathan Funk as Hunter
Neil Maclean as
Farmer
Student
Ronald Scovil Jr. as Farmer
Suzan Isaacs as Kenji's Little Sister
Victor Chin as Farmer
English companies
Licensed by: TOKYOPOP
Production: TOKYOPOP
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