GIOVANNI'S ISLAND (ANIME) - BLU

Details

• Release Year: 2014
• Genre: Animation, Anime, Drama
• Plot: From Production I.G, the studio behind 'Ghost in the Shell', and director Mizuho Nishibuko, comes the award-winning historical drama GIOVANNI'S ISLAND, winner of the Satoshi Kon Award at the Fantasia Film Festival.; ; Brothers Junpei and Kanta live on Shikotan, a tiny fishing island, that has been spared from devastations of World War II. The two children are named after Giovanni and Campanella from their late mother's favorite book, 'Night on the Galactic Railroad', which becomes a source of solace in the aftermath of Japan's defeat. When Soviet forces arrive with their families to settle on the island, Junpei meets Tanya, the daughter of the commander. Despite their language barrier and growing tension, the children soon form an unlikely friendship.
• Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukie Nakama, Yûsuke Santamaria, Tatyana Sharko, Kota Yokoyama, Junya Taniai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Ho Han Yoo, Austin Nash Chase, Aleksandr Golovchanskiy, Kannon Gowen, Natalie Hoover, Masachika Ichimura, Polina Ilyushenko, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Saburô Kitajima, Ju Hyun Lim, Sean-Ryan Petersen, Laura Post, Keith Silverstein, Alexander Voronov, Kanako Yanagihara, Jun Ha Yoo, Mizuho Nishikubo, Shigemichi Sugita, Wendee Lee, Yoshiki Sakurai, David Wolman
• Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Gkids, Fuji IG Laboratory for Movies (FILM), Japan Association of Music Enterprises (JAME), Production I.G.
• Media Format: Movie