Release Date

15 Aug, 2008

Runtime

00:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Kiku-chan to Ookami, one of the Sensou Douwa wartime specials, follows a young Japanese settler girl in Manchukuo, Japan’s puppet state in occupied northeast China, during the final days of World War II. As Soviet forces enter Manchuria and Japan’s colonial rule collapses, Kiku’s family joins other settlers fleeing south toward Korea in the hope of returning to Japan. When Kiku falls ill with measles, the refugee group abandons her, leaving her behind to die. Alone in the wilderness, Kiku is found by an old wolf who first sees her as prey. But as the wolf watches over the helpless child, hunger gives way to a strange, fragile bond. With soldiers, fire, illness, and starvation closing in, can Kiku survive long enough to be found?

Original Title

キクちゃんとオオカミ

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Actors

川澄綾子

野沢雅子

島本須美

さとうあい

吉田小南美

くまいもとこ

楠見尚己

Crew

Minetaro Hirai

やすみ哲夫

やすみ哲夫

Masae Sagara

山田俊秀

大武正枝

武藤晶子

西田稔

岡安肇

野坂昭如

関修一

大熊昭

Kouichi Yanai