The Kabocha Wine - Nita's Love Story

1984 0h 24m JA

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 1

AnimationComedy

Synopsis

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Nita, a dog that lives in Sunshine Academy's student dormitory, brings home with him a puppy that suspiciously looks like him—this sends everyone into an uproar as it is eventually concluded that Nita likely had a puppy with somebody else. Elle, Shunsuke, and the others collaborate with one another to take care of it, but a delinquent biker boy named Takizawa uses this opportunity to trick Elle into joining him on his yacht for nefarious purposes. Shunsuke & the others, having realized this, rush in to save Elle from Takizawa before it's too late.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Keiko Yokozawa
Natsumi Asaoka (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Shunsuke Aoba (voice)
Eiko Masuyama
Komachi (voice)
Eiko Yamada
Kozue (voice)
Hiroshi Otake
Monta Akai (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
Takizawa (voice)
Masaharu Sato
Kinta Kameyama (voice)
Sanji Hase
Kazuo Tsurui (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kimio Yabuki
Writers: Shunichi Yukimuro
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 24-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Osamu Shooji. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yasuhiro Yoshikawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Keiko Yokozawa and Toshio Furukawa and Eiko Masuyama carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt29169495 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kimio Yabuki directs. Osamu Shooji scores. Yasuhiro Yoshikawa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 24-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
242 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Osamu Shooji. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Yasuhiro Yoshikawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Keiko Yokozawa and Toshio Furukawa and Eiko Masuyama carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt29169495 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.