3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie (1980)
A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family letters, but soon the messages stop coming, which worries Marco and sets him off on an epic quest to find her.
Director:
Isao Takahata
Writer:
Isao Takahata
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Yoshiko Matsuo as Marco (voice) |
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Yukiko Nikaido as Anna, Marco's Mother (voice) |
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Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Marco's Father (voice) |
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Mieko Nobusawa as Fiorina (voice) |
| Directing | Isao Takahata | Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Fukazawa | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Hayao Miyazaki | Layout Supervisor |
| Writing | Isao Takahata | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Yoichi Kotabe | Animation Director |
| Production | Isao Takahata | Director of Operations |
| Writing | Edmondo De Amicis | Original Story |
| Directing | Hayao Miyazaki | Continuity |
| Art | Yoichi Kotabe | Art Designer |
| Sound | Koichi Sakata | Music |