Animation ·Adventure · Japan · 1980 · 1h 47m

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie

母をたずねて三千里

Director

Cast

Yoshiko Matsuo as Marco (Voix) Yukiko Nikaido as Anna, la mère de Marco (Voix) Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Le père de Marco (Voix) Mieko Nobusawa as Fiorina (Voix)

Crew

Isao Takahata — Screenplay Kazuo Fukazawa — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

edited from tv series quest

Key Collaborators

Isao Takahata Director Isao Takahata Screenplay Kazuo Fukazawa Writer

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