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Cast

Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri

Budori Gusukō (voice)

Shioli Kutsuna

Shioli Kutsuna

Neri Gusukō (voice)

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kotori the Kidnapper (voice)

Tamiyo Kusakari

Tamiyo Kusakari

Budori's Mother (voice)

Hayashiya Shōzō IX

Hayashiya Shōzō IX

Redbeard (voice)

Ryūzō Hayashi

Ryūzō Hayashi

Budori's Father (voice)

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Narrator / Dr. Kūbō (voice)

Crew

Gisaburō Sugii

Gisaburō Sugii

Screenplay

Tsuneo Maeda

Tsuneo Maeda

Animation Director

Marisuke Eguchi

Marisuke Eguchi

Character Designer

Ryota Komatsu

Ryota Komatsu

Original Music Composer

Yukio Abe

Yukio Abe

Background Designer

Hiroshi Masumura

Hiroshi Masumura

Concept Artist

Toru Shinozaki

Toru Shinozaki

Conceptual Illustrator

Osamu Kobayashi

Osamu Kobayashi

Storyboard Artist

Marisuke Eguchi

Marisuke Eguchi

Supervising Animation Director

Gisaburō Sugii

Gisaburō Sugii

Storyboard Artist

Kenji Miyazawa

Kenji Miyazawa

Novel

Gisaburō Sugii

Gisaburō Sugii

Director

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The Life of Budori Gusuko

20126.7 / 10106 min
Drama, Animation, Fantasy

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.