It tells the story of an old man and his wife who help out some mice who engage in sumo. As a reward, one of the mice gives them enough gold on which to live for the rest of their lives.
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Tomo Adachi | ... |
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Sawako Agawa | ... |
Narrator
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Aiko Hibi | ... |
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Yukiko Kurihara | ... |
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Wasabi Mizuta | ... |
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Rie Nakagawa | ... |
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Tomoko Nakamura | ... |
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Erika Sawai | ... |
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Naomi Shindô | ... |
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Yui Shoji | ... |
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Noriko Uchiyama | ... |
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Kikumi Umeda | ... |
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Kyoko Yamaguchi | ... |
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Kiyomi Yazawa | ... |
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Directed by
| Akihiko Yamashita | ||
Written by
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Toshio Suzuki | ... | producer |
Music by
| Manto Watanobe | ||
Editing by
| Keiko Kadokawa | ||
| Hiromi Sasaki | ||
| Takeshi Seyama | ||
Art Direction by
| Naoya Tanaka | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Kenji Imura | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Akihiko Yamashita | ... | storyboard artist |
Sound Department
| Miyuki Kiuchi | ... | sound editor |
| Yoshihiro Sakaguchi | ... | sound editor |
| Hisao Takano | ... | sound editor |
Animation Department
| Yuuko Azuma | ... | key animator |
| Rie Fukui | ... | inbetween artist |
| Shôgo Furuya | ... | key animator |
| Samina Hatakeyama | ... | inbetween artist (as Saina Hatakeyama) |
| Megumi Higaki | ... | inbetween artist |
| Asami Ishikado | ... | key animator |
| Yusuke Ishio | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kaori Itou | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yoshitake Iwakami | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yukie Kaneko | ... | inbetween artist |
| Naomi Kasugai | ... | background artist |
| Mariko Kiyota | ... | inbetween artist |
| Katsuya Kondô | ... | assistant animation director |
| Fumie Konno | ... | inbetween artist |
| Masakiyo Koyama | ... | inbetween artist |
| Mariko Matsuo | ... | key animator |
| Tomoko Miura | ... | key animator |
| Rie Nakagome | ... | inbetween artist |
| Katsutoshi Nakamura | ... | assistant animation director |
| Masami Nakanishi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yôhei Nakano | ... | inbetween artist |
| Mai Nakazato | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hiromi Nishikawa | ... | inbetween artist |
| Aito Ohashi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Masaya Saitô | ... | inbetween artist |
| Masako Satô | ... | key animator (as Masako Sato) |
| Ayaka Shimoji | ... | inbetween artist |
| Makiko Suzuki | ... | key animator |
| Mariko Suzuki | ... | animation checker |
| Moyo Takahashi | ... | key animator |
| Kazuhiro Takamura | ... | inbetween artist |
| Atsushi Tamura | ... | key animator |
| Setsuya Tanabe | ... | inbetween artist |
| Atsuko Tanaka | ... | key animator |
| Kumiko Tanihira | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hitomi Tateno | ... | inbetween artist |
| Akiko Teshima | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yôichi Watanabe | ... | background artist (as Youichi Watanabe) |
| Alexandra Weihrauch | ... | inbetween artist |
| Ken'ichi Yamada | ... | key animator |
| Shin'ichirô Yamada | ... | inbetween artist (as Shinichiro Yamada) |
| Hirômi Yamakawa | ... | key animator |
| Akihiko Yamashita | ... | character designer / storyboard artist |
| Yukari Yamaura | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kikuyo Yano | ... | background artist |
| Mitsuo Yoshino | ... | background artist |
| Hideaki Yoshio | ... | key animator |
| Mayumi Ômura | ... | inbetween artist (as Mayumi Ohmura) |
| Akane Ôtani | ... | inbetween artist |
| Shinji Ôtsuka | ... | key animator |
Production Companies
Distributors
- The Ghibli Museum (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
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