Animation ·Drama · Japan · 2022 · 1h 54m

Pointy-Headed Gonta: The Story of the Two-Named Dog in the Fukushima Disaster

とんがり頭のごん太 ―2つの名前を生きた福島被災犬の物語―

Pointy-Headed Gonta: The Story of the Two-Named Dog in the Fukushima Disaster poster
Director
Akio Nishizawa
Cast
Yui Ishikawa as Yuki Yoshino (voice) Satoru Saito as Kiyoshi Tomita (voice) Yū Kamio as Masaki Tomita (voice) Rina Honnizumi as Rika Tomita (voice) Ryotaro Okiayu as Ishihara (voice)
Crew
Miyuki Hayashi — Director of Photography Keisuke Yanagi — Editor Akio Nishizawa — Screenplay
Synopsis

After Gonta is left behind reluctantly by its family in Namie, Fukushima during the evacuation due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster, Gonta's family rallies a rescue team to save all the pets left behind.

Mood & Themes
aftermathnatural disasterearthquakerescue missionsurvivalanimalsanimegreat east japan earthquakedisaster aftermath
Key Collaborators
Akio Nishizawa Director Miyuki Hayashi Director of Photography Keisuke Yanagi Editor Akio Nishizawa Screenplay
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