Twelve Months

1980 1h 5m JA

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6.9

SOLID

★6.9TMDB · 21

FantasyAnimationAdventureFamily

Synopsis

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A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. The girl almost freezes to death in the forest, but she is rescued by the spirits of the Twelve Months, who create spring around her. The girl is able to deliver the bouquet to the queen, but others want a share of the reward.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Shinobu Otake
Anja (voice)
Ai Kanzaki
Queen (voice)
Tokuko Sugiyama
Stepmother (voice)
Mariko Mukai
Stepmother's daughter (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Professor (voice)
Masashi Amenomori
Prime Minister (voice)
Daisuke Ryū
Officer (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
January (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kimio Yabuki
Writers: Kimio Yabuki, Yasuko Miyazaki, Samuil Marshak
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Shinobu Otake and Ai Kanzaki and Tokuko Sugiyama carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0400900 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 21 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kimio Yabuki directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
246 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Shinobu Otake and Ai Kanzaki and Tokuko Sugiyama carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0400900 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 21 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Released under 27 different titles around the world.