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Giovanni's Island

Name: Giovanni's Island
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
Genre: Animation, Drama, History
Released: 2014
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Masachika Ichimura, Yukie Nakama, Kanako Yanagihara, Yusuke Santamaria, Kota Yokoyama

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.

2014 · Directed by Mizuho Nishikubo · 102 min · Animation · Drama · History · 10 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Shigemichi Sugita, Taiki Sakurai
Cinematography: Yumiko Nakata
Edited by: Junichi Uematsu
Music: Masashi Sada
Produced by: Taiki Sakurai, Tomoyuki Miyagawa

Cast

Masachika Ichimura as Tatsuo Senou (voice)
Yukie Nakama as Sawako (voice)
Kanako Yanagihara as Micchan (voice)
Yusuke Santamaria as Hideo (voice)
Kota Yokoyama as Junpei Senou (voice)
Junya Taniai as Kanta Senou (voice)
Saburo Kitajima as Genzou Senou (voice)
Hiroshi Inuzuka as Chief (voice)
Kaoru Yachigusa as Older Sawako (voice)
Tatsuya Nakadai as Older Junpei Senou (voice)

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, Russian
Studios: Warner Bros. Japan, Japan Association of Music Enterprises (JAME), Production I.G
Themes: dancing, friendship, island, loss of loved one, language barrier, tragedy, disaster, post war, anime

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