Kiku and the Wolf

Kiku and the Wolf (2008)

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Kiku-chan to Ookami, one of the Sensou Douwa wartime specials, follows a young Japanese settler girl in Manchukuo, Japan’s puppet state in occupied northeast China, during the final days of World War II. As Soviet forces enter Manchuria and Japan’s colonial rule collapses, Kiku’s family joins other settlers fleeing south toward Korea in the hope of returning to Japan. When Kiku falls ill with measles, the refugee group abandons her, leaving her behind to die. Alone in the wilderness, Kiku is found by an old wolf who first sees her as prey. But as the wolf watches over the helpless child, hunger gives way to a strange, fragile bond. With soldiers, fire, illness, and starvation closing in, can Kiku survive long enough to be found?

Directors: Minetaro Hirai, Tetsuo Yasumi.
Writer: Tetsuo Yasumi

Casts

	Ayako Kawasumi as Kiku-chan (voice)
	Masako Nozawa as Wolf (voice)
	Sumi Shimamoto as Mother (voice)
	Ai Satou as Narrator (voice)
	Konami Yoshida as Kotaro (voice)
	Motoko Kumai as Yocchan (voice)
	Naomi Kusumi as Father (voice)

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