The Glass Cape (1989)

The Glass Cape 1989 / 風の又三郎 ガラスのマント 1989 / Matasaburo on the Wind: The Glass Mantle , Kaze no Matasaburo - Garasu no manto

This beautiful tale is set in a small mountain village in the early 1920s. Fatherless Karin, who lives alone with her ailing mother, meets and befriends Takada Saburo, nicknamed ‟Mata Saburo of Wind‟. She and her classmates gradually realize that he has superhuman powers, and he becomes her protector. Escaping horses, attacking fish, the restoration of hearing in a deaf ear, and other astounding incidents divide the students into two opposing groups. (Source: IMDb) ~~ Adapted from the novel by Miyazawa Kenji.