Candy Candy: The Call of the Spring

1978 0h 25m JA

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★6.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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Candy returns to Pony's Home and she meets a girl who has lost her parents and doesn't associate with the other kids. In order to cheer her up she decides to tell her about herself from the moment she was found by Miss Pony and sister Lane to her decision to leave the boarding school in England and walk her own path.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yoshikatsu Kasai
Writers: Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 25-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 5

ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 5

CINEMA

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Part of the "Candy Candy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 5

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yoshikatsu Kasai directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 25-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
248 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Candy Candy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.