Thumbelina (1978)
A tiny girl, only as long as a man's thumb, is born to a childless woman, abducted by frogs who want her to marry their son, but escaping instead (with the help of a bumblebee) to find a real prince without having to kiss the frog first.
Director:
Yugo Serikawa
Writer:
Ikuko Ōyabu
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Kazuko Sugiyama as Thumbelina (voice) |
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Mariko Miyagi as Bunbu (voice) |
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Kyôko Kishida as Narrator / Gekoo (voice) |
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Masako Nozawa as Chumi (voice) |
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Kosei Tomita as Mole (voice) |
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Ichiro Nagai as Papa Frog (voice) |
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Kazue Takahashi as Mama Frog (voice) |
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Noriko Ohara as Prince (voice) |
| Visual Effects | Osamu Tezuka | Character Designer |
| Production | Saburô Yokoi | Producer |
| Art | Tomoo Fukumoto | Art Direction |
| Writing | Ikuko Ōyabu | Screenplay |
| Sound | Shunsuke Kikuchi | Music |
| Writing | Hans Christian Andersen | Original Story |
| Directing | Yugo Serikawa | Director |