Kitaro KOSAKA 高坂希太郎
若おかみは小学生！
Nippon Animation ³
After Okko loses her parents in a car accident, she moves in with her grandmother at her countryside inn. She soon makes new friends, albeit ones that only she can see. Although director Kitaro KOSAKA uses the film to tackle complex topics like death and grief, he still manages to create a funny and loving tale not only for children, but all ages.
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Animation Kids
若おかみは小学生！
Wakaokami wa shogakusei!
日本 2018
92 分
監督
高坂希太郎
脚本
Reiko YOSHIDA Hiroko REIJOの小説を基に
About Kitaro KOSAKA
高坂希太郎
Kitaro KOSAKA, born Kanagawa Prefecture in 1962, is a Japanese animator and film director. He started his career in 1979 at Oh! Production. After 1986, he worked on numerous projects as a key and supervising animation director for the noted animation studio Studio Ghibli. There, he often collaborated with the famed director Hayao MIYAZAKI, whose work he admires immensely. In 2003, he directed the cycling anime film NASU – SUMMER IN ANDALUSIA. The film soon went on to become the first Japanese anime film ever to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival.