A Tale of Africa , also known as The Green Horizon, is a 1980 Japanese drama film directed by Susumu Hani and Simon Trevor and starring James Stewart in his final live-action theatrically-released film role. The film's screenplay was written by Sanrio founder Shintaro Tsuji from a story by Shūji Terayama. Sanrio released A Tale of Africa on July 19, 1980, in Japan.