A Tale of Africa
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| director = Susumu Hani
Simon Trevor
| producer = Yoichi Matsue
| writer = Shintaro Tsuji
| story = Shūji Terayama
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| cinematography = Tsuguzo Matsumae
| editing = Nobuhiko Hosaka
| studio = Sanrio
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| released = {{Film date|1980|07|19}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
English
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A Tale of Africa (also titled The Green Horizon and {{lang|ja|アフリカ物語}} Afurika Monogatari) is a 1980 Japanese drama film directed by Susumu Hani and Simon Trevor and starring James Stewart (in his final live-action theatrically-released film role).
Plot
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Cast
- James Stewart as Old Man
- Philip Sayer as Man
- Kathy as Girl
- Eleonora Vallone as Woman
- Heekura Simba
Production
The film was shot from late 1979 to early 1980 in Kenya.
Release
The film premiered in the United States in 1981 when it aired on Showtime.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3BMMfHkHZs4C&q=james+stewart+a+tale+of+africa&pg=PA309|last=Quirk|first=Lawrence J.|title=James Stewart: Behind the Scenes of a Wonderful Life|year=1999|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557834164}}page 309{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rE_CgD4pk2wC&q=james+stewart+the+green+horizon&pg=PA254|last=Thomas|first=Tony|title=A Wonderful Life: The Films and Career of James Stewart|year=1997|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=9780806519531}}page 254
Reception
David Parkinson of Radio Times awarded the film two stars out of five.{{cite magazine|last=Parkinson|first=Tom|title=The Green Horizon|magazine=Radio Times|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/cs7qc/URL/|accessdate=10 May 2019}} Leonard Maltin gave it a BOMB rating.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6EgPDierNGUC&q=james+stewart+a+tale+of+africa&pg=PA14|last3=Maltin|first3=Leonard|last2=Sader|first2=Luke|last1=Clark|first1=Mike|title=Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide|year=2008|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9780452289789}}page 14
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0081987}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|the_green_horizon}}
{{Susumu Hani}}
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Category:Films directed by Susumu Hani
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:English-language Japanese films
Category:1980s Japanese-language films
Category:1980 multilingual films