Japanese Cinema release

Hotarubi no Mori e

Name: Hotarubi no Mori e
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Animation
Released: 2011-09-17
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Izumi Sawada, Hayato Taya, Ayane Sakura, Koki Uchiyama, Shinpachi Tsuji

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The picture

One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...

Released: 17 September 2011
Runtime: 45m
Language: Japanese
Industry: Japanese Cinema

Top billedAll 19 credits

Izumi SawadaHotaru's Mother (voice)
Hayato TayaRyouta (voice)
Ayane SakuraHotaru Takegawa (voice)
Koki UchiyamaGin (voice)
Shinpachi TsujiHotaru's Grandfather (voice)
Kanehira YamamotoShadow (voice)

Made by

Director: Takahiro Omori
Screenplay: Takahiro Omori
Original Music Composer: Makoto Yoshimori
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura
Producer: Masanori Miyake, Tomomi Kyotani, Ayako Yokoyama, Hirofumi Sugawara

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RomanceFantasyAnimation

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