Nights of Taneyamagahara
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| Feature Film: 7 July 2006 / 27 minutes |
| Screenplay, Storyboards, Direction: Kazuo Oga |
| Credits & Film Information Figures; data; weekly BO # |
| Story Plot, project proposal & theme |
| Scripts & Lyrics What they say & sing |
| Synopsis Summary of the film |
| Availability Books, CDs, Videos, etc. |
| FAQ Answers to questions; tidbits |
| Impressions Reviews & articles |
| Related Webpages Gateway to external resources |
| Related Media Movie clips and the like |
| Kazuo Oga All about the director |
Nights of Taneyamagahara (種山ヶ原の夜 Taneyamagahara no Yoru?) is the first anime short film directed by Ghibli background artist Kazuo Oga. The film is a lyrical adaptation of a 1924 play written by poet and author Kenji Miyazawa.
A DVD was released by Studio Ghibli in Japan on 7 July 2006, in celebration of would have been Miyazawa's 110th birthday. The DVD is a companion to the DVD re-release of another animated adaptation of a Miyazawa story, Gauche the Cellist.
