Overview
The fairy tale follows a young man named Gusukō in the Tōhoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Gusukō is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Gusukō joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Gusukō from his home.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 7, 2012
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Tezuka Productions,Warner Bros. Japan
- Cast
- Shun Oguri,Shioli Kutsuna,Tamiyo Kusakari,Kuranosuke Sasaki,Ryūzō Hayashi,Akira Emoto,Hayashiya Shōzō IX,Houko Kuwashima,Kazue Komiya,Kenji Utsumiand 4 more
- Director
- Gisaburō Sugii
- Writer
- Kenji Miyazawa,Gisaburō Sugii
- Cinematography
- Yoichiro Sato
- Music
- Ryota Komatsu
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- View on IMDb