Mai Mai Shinko to sennen no maho
Mai Mai Miracle
(c) 2009 Nobuko Takagi / MAGAZINE HOUSE / "MAIMAISHINKO" Film Committee
(c) 2009 Nobuko Takagi / MAGAZINE HOUSE / "MAIMAISHINKO" Film Committee
- Release Date
- November, 21st, 2009
- Running Time
- 93 min
- Genre
- Drama , Science Fiction/Fantasy , Children/Family , Animation
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
- Screen Size
- American Vista (1:1.85)
- Sound Processing
- Dolby Digital
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- FUKUDA Mayuko ── Shinko
- MIZUSAWA Nako ── Kiiko
- MORISAKO Ei ── Nagiko
[ Staff ]
- TAKAGI Nobuko ── Original Story
- KATABUCHI Sunao ── Screenplay
- MASUMOTO Yukihiro ── Cinematography
- KIMURA Kashiko ── Editor
- TSUJI Shigehito ── Character Design
- UEHARA Shinichi ── Production Design
- MURAI Shusei ── Music
- OBATA "mooki" Minako ── Music
[ Production Company ]
"MAIMAISHINKO" film Committee
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
SHOCHIKU
[ Story ]
Nostalgic full length animated film adaptationof the autobiographical novel of the same title by Akutagawa Prize winner, Takagi Nobuko. Set in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the mid 1950's, a place which still retains historic sites and placenames of the Heian period, the film portrays the warm friendship between a young local girl with a rich imagination, and another girl who moves to the area from Tokyo. Production house MADHOUSE (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time; Summer Wars), completed the film using visually pleasing graphics.
Shinko (voiced by Fukuda Mayuko) is an energetic third-grader who lives in a large farmhouse and has a curl in her forehead that she calls her "Mai Mai." She loves listening to her grandfather tell stories from the Heian period, and finds herself imaging the lives of those who lived 1000 years before her. When Kiiko (voiced by Mizusawa Nako) moves from Tokyo, the ever-curious Shinko finds Kiiko's unfamiliarity with the local ways to be fascinating. The two become fast friends, and spend time frequently at each others' homes. One day, they begin working on a project to stop the canals and build a dammed lake. The girls begin taking care of a goldfish they discovered there.
[ Official Site ]
[ Premiere ]
World Premiere: International Film Festival Locarno 2009
[ Contact (International) ]
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