Elmer no boken is a movie directed by Masami Hata in 1997 and based on the book My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett, first published in 1948. The movie features Yûki Kitamura and Megumi Hayashibara.
What users say
“The book is better than the movie”
But the movie is worth watching.
Watch & Read
Get movie and book on Amazon
NOT AVAILABLE
*Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Movie vs Book
Year
1997
Minutes
98
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
Elmer no boken
Director: Masami Hata
Country: Japan
Year: 1997
Length: 1h38m
Stars: Yûki Kitamura, Megumi Hayashibara
Year
1948
Pages
96
Book Rate
8.18
S: Goodreads
Book
My Father's Dragon
Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett
Country: USA
First published in: 1948
Length: 96 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: My Father's Dragon
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Nora Twomey
User polls & recommendations
“To adapt a book successfully, you must be able to betray it. It's difficult to work on that.”
OLIVIER MASSET-DEPASSE (Filmmaker)
Leave a Reply