Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1975
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Visual Communications
Kites and Other Tales on the Web:Official Website
Cast & Crew
T
Tom Joe
as kite maker
Kites and Other Tales (1975)
DirectorAlan Ohashi
Watch on EventivePlot
Modern kite maker Tom Joe seeks to preserve the craft of kite making as well as the traditional Asian folklore behind it. Alan Takemoto illustrates Tom Joe’s tales of the Polynesian fish kite made from leaves and branches to fool fish; the Chinese general whose trapped army fashioned a fighting kite; and Shirone, the “kite crazy town” in Japan where 20-foot fighting kites duel in magnificent matches. Children will be inspired to try making these kites.
