Shōjo Tsubaki
Stock protagonist of kamishibai and adaptations of it / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shōjo Tsubaki (少女椿, "The Camellia Girl") is a stock protagonist of kamishibai during its revival in early Shōwa period Japan. The character and her story is traditionally attributed to a creator known as Seiun, though the plagiarism and retelling in sundry variants that was the norm for popular-proving tales make its true origin uncertain. Generally speaking, the character is a stereotypical adolescent or preadolescent ingénue, a daughter of a penniless family who goes from selling camellias on the streets to being sold or forced to perform in a revue show.
Shōjo Tsubaki | |
少女椿 | |
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Genre | Body horror, eroguro |
Manga | |
Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show | |
Written by | Suehiro Maruo |
Published by | Seirindō |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Garo |
Demographic | Seinen |
Published | September 1984 |
Anime film | |
Midori | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Harada |
Produced by | Hiroshi Harada |
Written by | Hiroshi Harada (screenplay) |
Music by | J. A. Seazer |
Studio | Mippei Eiga Kiryūkan |
Licensed by | Ciné Malta (France) |
Released |
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Runtime | 47[2]–56 minutes |
Live-action film | |
Midori: The Camellia Girl | |
Directed by | Torico |
Produced by | Masahiro Tashiro |
Written by | Torico (screenplay) |
Music by | Hitomi Kuroishi |
Studio | Link Rights |
Licensed by | Midori-Impuls (Germany) |
Released | May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21) |
Runtime | 90 minutes[3] |
Anime and manga portal |
The character is known to western and contemporary Japanese audiences predominantly by way of Suehiro Maruo's ero guro reinterpretation in comics, first in a short story as part of an anthology and then in a full-length graphic novel of the same name (published in English as Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show), and Hiroshi Harada's semi-animated film based on Maruo's version, screened at film festivals and released on DVD-Video with English subtitles as Midori.
The graphic novel is considered a classic of Maruo's 1920s-inspired brand of ero guro and its out-of-print English edition has become much sought-after. Harada's film is also infamous in itself and for the elaborate expanded cinema presentations it was originally only shown in, though it has been allowed to screen in conventional movie theaters and even released on home video outside of Japan. A live-action film adaptation of the manga was released in Japan in May 2016.