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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)
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
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 who's 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: 90 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:3, Ger.sub:1)
 Excellent: 22 votes (sub:19, dub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 23 votes (sub:16, dub:5, Fre.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Good: 21 votes (sub:13, dub:6, Rus.sub:2)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 159 users, rank: #1981
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.856 (Very good-.14), std. dev.: 1.6163, rank: #628
Weighted mean: 7.797 (Very good-.20), rank: #576 (seen all: 7.80)
Bayesian estimate: 7.769 (Very good-.23), rank: #382
Running time: 53 minutes
Vintage:
1996-12-14
2001-05-29 (American Release)
Premiere date:
1996-12-14 (Japan)
Releases: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"アヴェ・マリア (Ave Maria)" by Shang Shang Typhoon
Official website:
Kenjiの春 (Japanese)
Comment:
TOKYOPOP / Mixx Entertainments first licensed title and dub.
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    Spring and Chaos (DVD) 2001-05-29
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Shoji Kawamori
Screenplay: Shoji Kawamori
Original story: Kenji Miyazawa
Character Design: Takahiro Kishida
Art Director: Hiroshi Ohno
Animation Director: Takahiro Kishida
Sound Director: Atsumi Tashiro
Executive producer: Takao Abe
Assistant Director: Eiichi Sato
Cinematography: Hajime Noguchi
Color Director: Miyoko Ichinose
Production Assistant: Ken Fujita
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

Chikao Ohtsuka as Father
Keiichi Fujimura as Peasant A
Mariko Kouda as Toshi
Naoko Hirai as Kuni
Japanese companies 

Distributor: Bandai Visual
English cast 
English staff 
Director: 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
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
Suzan Isaacs as Kenji's Little Sister
Victor Chin as Farmer
English companies 
Licensed by: TOKYOPOP
Production: TOKYOPOP
 
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