United Artists
Directed by Kimio Yabuki and Al Kilgore
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Digiview)
Poor Hans, the son of a shoemaker, dreams of attending a performance at the new opera house in his small town. His father is given some special red leather to make shoes and enters it into a competition, but he does not win because of the corrupt mayor. Hans' efforts to earn money don't pay off either and he has to listen to the opera outside with his cat. The opera is disrupted by the red shoes, and Hans cheers up another boy listening outside by telling the story of the Matchstick Girl. Afterwards, his abilities as a storyteller bring him fame and free education, and eventually a career as a writer. Poor Japanese animation set to an even worse American dub combine for a long, tiresome experience, if you can get all the way through it. Might improve with a better widescreen print in its original language.
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