Animation ·Family ·Drama · Japan · 1995 · 1h 14m

I Want to Win 5th Prize

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Director

Cast

御手洗リカ as Ritsuko Hanauchi Goro Noguchi as Ishibashi-sensei Tamao Hayashi as Ishida Shinobu Kanako Nakatake as Sakiko Oka Fumi Dan as Tanaka Michiko-sensei Yumi Seino as Mikiko

Crew

Nobutake Kamiya — Editor Michiru Oshima — Original Music Composer Yoko Yamamoto — Screenplay

Synopsis

This is a story of a girl born with a bad leg. Ritsuko longs to go to school and make lots of friends, but this proves as not so easy. Her mother is very protective of her, and she is teased by her classmates, because of her disability. Will she manage to keep her smile?

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book bullying elementary school school based on children's book race disability physical disability anime overprotective mother kodomo resilience

Key Collaborators

Mei Kato Director Nobutake Kamiya Editor Michiru Oshima Original Music Composer Yoko Yamamoto Screenplay

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