Gusukô Budori no denki

Jul 7 2012 TV-14 1h 48m
Adventure, Animation, Family

The fairy tale follows a young man named Gusuko in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Gusuko is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Gusuko joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Gusuko from his home.

Plot

Budori Gusukô lives happily with his little sister, father, and mother. When the cold hits the Ihatov Forest they are invaded and, with his family killed, he is left alone. He begins working in a geological laboratory and attempts to move forward, but, with another spell of cold coming, he knows he has to make sure what happened before is not repeated.

Written by

Kenji Miyazawa, Gisaburô Sugii

Directed by

Gisaburô Sugii

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Tezuka Productions, Warner Bros. Japan

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
330
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA