Folktale
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What Guterres and Uganda’s donors need to understand is that Museveni is a trickster, like the hare in a classical African
folktale
.
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In fact, one
folktale
is enacted first on stage, as part of a lesson in spirituality, and then in the movie's "real life."
Director Kimiyoshi Yasudo and screenwriter Tetsuro Yoshida give the compelling story all the power and simplicity of an ancient age-old legendary folktale: there's a very strong sense of an ancient time and faraway remote place (it's specifically set in feudal Japan), the good guys are noble and appealing while the villains are truly nasty and detestable, the occasional stirring swordfights are staged with considerable skill and gusto, the special effects are fine and impressive, the serious tone and steady pace never falter for a minute, and Majin's last reel rampage of savage destruction is extremely lively, exciting, and more than a little scary.
This landmark film can now be seen in two different versions on the Grapevine Video release which also includes the English translation of Selma Lagerlof's novel which she based on a Swedish
folktale.
The film is a
folktale
complete with lots of magic and simplistic outdoor sets.
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