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Foxes of Chironup

19871.0 / 1072 min

Animation, Drama, History

Overview

Foxes Ken and Chin become the proud parents of cubs, Koro and Kan, who enjoy a carefree life on the northern Japanese island of Chironup. They befriend a fisherman and his wife but are forced to run for their lives when soldiers on a military exercise decide to take home some fox pelts as souvenirs. A sweet little film that obliquely symbolizes the plight of Japan's aboriginal Ainu people and the northern islands that have been contested with Russia since they were occupied by Stalin's soldiers in 1945.

Cast

Mikiko Otonashi

Mother Fox (voice)

Shinobu Adachi

Koro (voice)

Tsutomu Sasaki

Father Fox (voice)

Crew

Hisashi Eguchi

Animation

Zenzō Matsuyama

Screenplay

Atsumi Tashiro

Executive Producer

Ryouko Abe

Animation

Harumi Suzuki

Animation

Keiko Sasa

Animation

Juuji Mizumura

Key Animation

Kazuko Uehara

Animation

Toshiyuki Inoue

Key Animation

Tetsuo Imazawa

Director

Fukuo Yamamoto

Animation Director

Yasuko Ishikura

Animation

Youko Sudou

Animation

Kayoko Ouno

Animation

Etsujiro Gotoh

Music

Kazuo Ebisawa

Background Designer

Hiromi Miyahara

Animation

Hideo Hayashi

Animation

Shigetaka Kiyoyama

Key Animation

Tomoji Hashizume

Special Effects

Atsumi Tashiro

Sound Director

Keiko Imazawa

Assistant Art Director

Sachiko Kaizu

Animation

Sayuri Shibata

Animation

Hitomi Mori

Animation

Kazumi Suzuki

Animation

Kenji Kajiwara

Animation

Hiroshi Wagatsuma

Animation Director

Noriko Imazawa

Animation Director

Hiroaki Edamitsu

Director of Photography

Rie Honda

Background Designer

Kimiko Oukane

Animation

Katsue Suketomo

Supervising Animator

Eiji Hirakawa

Background Designer

Noriko Fukui

Background Designer

Junko Akagawa

Animation

Kumiko Takahashi

Animation

Rika Tanaka

Animation

Saeko Kawano

Animation

Masaki Sato

Animation

Mitsuru Aoyama

Key Animation

Mayumi Miyazawa

Animation

Miriri Nakagawa

Animation

Motoko Hiraishi

Animation

Sanae Kojima

Animation

Yasuyuki Shimizu

Animation

Jin Hasegawa

Key Animation

Yoshiyuki Momose

Key Animation

Hiromi Furukawa

Executive Producer

Yamako Ishikawa

Background Designer

Shoetsu Hane

Key Animation

Yoshiji Kigami

Key Animation

Etsujiro Sato

Music Director

Harutoshi Ogata

Assistant Editor

Akemi Motohashi

Animation

Rie Nishiyama

Key Animation

Yumi Machida

Key Animation

Ken Fujita

Producer

Kiyoshi Matsumoto

Assistant Art Director

Masashi Furukawa

Editor

Keiko Kaneko

Animation

Koyuki Kaneda

Animation

Kazuhiro Ohmame

Animation

Ryoko Kishimoto

Animation

Yoshimi Kanbara

Animation

Yoshie Komatsu

Animation Supervisor

Kiyoshi Matsuda

Sound Effects

Fukuo Matsuyama

Script

Fukuo Yamamoto

Character Designer

Nobuto Sakamoto

Background Designer

Fumiko Onojima

Animation

Kazuyoshi Minato

Animation

Takeshi Koike

Animation

Yukihiro Ogawa

Animation

Mariko Kadono

Art Direction

Mitsuharu Miyamae

Background Designer

Shizue Tanaka

Background Designer

Shimiko Tsuchiya

Animation

Reiko Eda

Animation

Shigeo Akahori

Animation

Masayuki Hiraoka

Key Animation

Takashi Saijo

Key Animation

Takeo Kitahara

Key Animation

Shinzaburou Takashima

Animation

Kazuko Furutsu

Key Animation

Toshinori Takatsuka

Music Supervisor

Katsuhisa Yoshino

Sound Design Assistant

Naomi Miwa

Animation

Shoko Sanada

Animation

Yumiko Watanabe

Animation

Hiromi Nakai

Animation

Nobumichi Kawamura

Key Animation

Tomihiko Ohkubo

Key Animation

Shinji Hori

Recording Supervision

Shouhei Hayashi

Sound Recordist

Shouji Katou

Sound Effects

Hiroyuki Takahashi

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