Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading far away from his miserable home. Accompanied by Campanella, an acquaintance from school, Giovanni embarks on a journey that will define the rest of his life.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
JP
Genres:
Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery, Fantasy
Release:
July 1985
Production:
Nippon Herald Films, The Asahi Shimbun, Group TAC
Cast:
Mayumi Tanaka, Chika Sakamoto, Junko Hori, Kaori Nakahara, Yoshie Shimamura, Reiko Niimura, Ayumi Ishijo, Ayako Hori, Chikao Ohtsuka, Hidehiro Kikuchi, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Shun Yashiro, Fujio Tokita, Gorō Naya, Miyuki Ichijou, Ryuji Saikachi, Takeshi Aono, Tetsuya Kaji
Tags:
friendship, japan, based on novel or book, buddhism, cat, philosophy, literature, innocence, melancholy, surrealism, anthropomorphism, another dimension
