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Nutcracker Fantasy (stop-motion movie)

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Alternative title:
Kurumiwari Ningyō (Japanese)
くるみ割り人形 (Japanese)
Genres: fantasy
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Clara finds herself in a magical kingdom where all of her toys have come to life. In order for her to return home, she must fight against the evil mice who threaten the toy kingdom.
Running time: 82 minutes
Vintage: 1979-03-03
Ending Theme:
"Dance of the Dolls" (クララのテーマ) by Bishop & Gwinn
Insert song:
"Ai wa Maigo" (愛は迷い子) by Bishop & Gwinn
"Clara's Theme" (クララのテーマ) by Bishop & Gwinn
"Kanashimi wa..." (悲しみは…) by Kō Nishimura
"Tokei no Uta" (時計の唄) by Kō Nishimura & Singers 3
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Nutcracker Fantasy (Blu-ray) 2019-11-26 (from $69.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Nutcracker Fantasy (DVD) 2017-08-29 (from $150.00)
VHS
    Nutcracker Fantasy (Dub.VHS) 1991-08-16

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takeo Nakamura
Original story:
Alexandre Dumas (Histoire d’un casse-noisette)
E.T.A. Hoffmann
Executive producer: Shintarō Tsuji
Producer: Atsushi Tomioka

Choreography: Rieko Tazawa
Insert Song Composition:
Akihito Wakatsuki
Kentarō Haneda
Insert Song Lyrics: Shūji Terayama
Lighting: Toshikiyo Nakatani
Music Recording Engineer:
T.E. Sadler
Tomiji Iyobe
Orchestra Conductor: Kazuhiro Koizumi
Original Music Composition: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Production manager: Tateo Haraya
Theme Song Performance:
Marty Gwinn
Randy Bishop
Kaoru Sugita as Clara
Tarō Shigaki as Franz/Fritz

Atsuko Ichinomiya as Madam Mouserinks
Keaton Masuda as King of the Doll Castle
Kō Nishimura as Uncle Drosselmeyer
Shizue Natsukawa as Governess Trudchen
Takao Yamada as Mouse King
Yukari Uehara as Princess Mary

Arihiro Fujimura as French Wiseman
Haruko Kitahama as Gypsy Fortuneteller
Hiroshi Tamaoki as Dutch Wiseman
Hiroyuki Nagato as Literature Professor
Hisao Dazai as Chamberlain
Ichiyō Itō as Prussian Wiseman
Jirō Sakagami as Chinese Wiseman
Kinya Aikawa as Executioner
Kō Nishimura as
Puppeteer
Street Singer
Watch Merchant
Kyosen Ōhashi as Russian Wiseman
Peter Williams as Clown
Shichirō Moriyama as Poet Wiseman
Shinji Maki as English Wiseman
Shirō Kishibe as Fat Mouse
Shunji Fujimura as Indian Wiseman
Tetsutarō Shimizu as Ballerino
Yōko Morishita as Ballerina
Japanese companies
Animation: Video Tokyo
Choreography: Matsuyama Ballet Company
Distributor:
Nippon Herald
Pony Canyon (DVD)
Production: Sanrio
Puppet Production: Hosaka Puppet Factory
Sound Effects: Mag City
English staff
English cast
Audio Restoration: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray release)
Editing:
Jack Woods
Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray release)
Foley Artist: Gregg Barbanell (uncredited)
Graphics: Brady Hartel (Discotek Blu-ray release)
Sound Production: Charlene Richards
Theme Song Lyrics: Randy Bishop
Theme Song Performance:
Marty Gwinn
Randy Bishop
Titles: Brady Hartel (Discotek Blu-ray release)
Voice Direction: Jack Woods
Melissa Gilbert as Clara
Roddy McDowall as Franz/Fritz

Christopher Lee as Uncle Drosselmeyer
Jo Anne Worley as Queen Morphia

Christopher Lee as
Puppeteer
Street Singer
Watch Merchant
Dick Van Patten as King Goodwin
Eva Gabor as Queen of Time
Gene Moss as
Clovis
French Wiseman
Otto Von Atra
Jack Angel as
Chinese Wiseman
Executioner
Gar
Joan Gerber as Mice
Ken Sansom as
Chamberlain
Poet Wiseman
Lurene Tuttle as Aunt Gerda
Maxine Fisher as Mice
Michele Lee as Narrator
Mitchel Gardner as
Indian Wiseman
Viking Wiseman
Robin Haffner as Princess Mary
English companies
Celebrity Coordinators: Mary Markham & Associates
Distributor:
RCA/Columbia Magic Window (expired)
Sanrio (theatrical)
Dubbing Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Company
Licensed by: Discotek Media (2017)

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