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Giovanni's Island

Original title: Jobanni no shima
  • 20142014
  • 1h 42m
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Jobanni no shima (2014)
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A dramatic yet heart-warming story of cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of WWII, presented by Tokyo-based award-winning animation studio Production I.G. Based on true... Read allA dramatic yet heart-warming story of cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of WWII, presented by Tokyo-based award-winning animation studio Production I.G. Based on true events.A dramatic yet heart-warming story of cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of WWII, presented by Tokyo-based award-winning animation studio Production I.G. Based on true events.
IMDb RATING
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2K
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  • Director
    • Mizuho Nishikubo
  • Writers
    • Shigemichi Sugita(original story)
    • Wendee Lee(adaptation)
    • Yoshiki Sakurai(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tatsuya Nakadai(voice)
    • Yukie Nakama(voice)
    • Yûsuke Santamaria(voice)
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  • Director
    • Mizuho Nishikubo
  • Writers
    • Shigemichi Sugita(original story)
    • Wendee Lee(adaptation)
    • Yoshiki Sakurai(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tatsuya Nakadai(voice)
    • Yukie Nakama(voice)
    • Yûsuke Santamaria(voice)
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    • 7User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations

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    Tatsuya Nakadai
    Tatsuya Nakadai
    • Junpei Senou (older)as Junpei Senou (older)
    • (voice)
    Yukie Nakama
    Yukie Nakama
    • Sawakoas Sawako
    • (voice)
    Yûsuke Santamaria
    Yûsuke Santamaria
    • Hideoas Hideo
    • (voice)
    Tatyana Sharko
      Kota Yokoyama
      • Junpei Senouas Junpei Senou
      • (voice)
      Junya Taniai
      • Senou, Kantaas Senou, Kanta
      Kaoru Yachigusa
      Kaoru Yachigusa
      • Sawako (older)as Sawako (older)
      Ho Han Yoo
        Austin Nash Chase
        Austin Nash Chase
        • Variousas Various
        • (voice)
        Lauren Conn
        Grant George
        Grant George
        • Hideoas Hideo
        • (English version)
        • (voice)
        Aleksandr Golovchanskiy
          Kannon Gowen
          • Jun Peias Jun Pei
          • (English version)
          • (voice)
          Natalie Hoover
          • Tanyaas Tanya
          • (English version)
          • (voice)
          Masachika Ichimura
          Masachika Ichimura
          • Tatsuo Senouas Tatsuo Senou
          • (voice)
          Polina Ilyushenko
          • Tanyaas Tanya
          • (voice)
          Hiroshi Inuzuka
          • Village Chiefas Village Chief
          • (voice)
          Saburô Kitajima
          • Genzou Senouas Genzou Senou
          • (voice)
          • Director
            • Mizuho Nishikubo
          • Writers
            • Shigemichi Sugita(original story) (screenplay)
            • Wendee Lee(adaptation)
            • Yoshiki Sakurai(screenplay)
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            Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru: Hoshimeguri no Uta
            Music and Lyrics by Masashi Sada

            Arranged by Toshiyuki Watanabe

            Performed by Hiroyuki Chida

            By Courtesy of U-CAN, Inc.

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          10/10
          Beautiful, Affecting Anime from Japan
          Junpei and his little brother Kanta are growing up on a small, far- northerly island of Japan, near the east coast of Russia, during and after World War II. After the Japanese are defeated, Soviet soldiers and their families take over the island, forcing the Japanese inhabitants to live in barns and to get by on small rations of rice smuggled to them from their former military posts. At first, Junpei and his family resent the Russians, but then he and Kanta meet Tanya, the daughter of the Soviet commander who is living in what was once their home. Children being children, they soon are playing together, learning each other's language and maybe, just maybe, falling a little bit in love. But when Junpei's father is betrayed to the Soviets, Junpei blames Tanya, believing that she told her father a secret with which he had entrusted her. There are other possible suspects, but by the time Junpei learns the truth, he and all the other Japanese are being moved off the island into internment camps, far away from Tanya....

          This is a really beautiful animated film, filled with both humour and loss, all told on a human scale where nobody is all-good and nobody is all-bad. One of the most affecting scenes involves the Japanese schoolchildren singing a folk song (in Japanese, of course) while in the next school room, Russian children are singing a Russian folk song; by the end of the scene, the Japanese kids are singing the Russian song and vice versa. Just one example of how this film shows the resilience of youth and the common humanity of everybody in the world. Perhaps my favourite film at Montreal's Fantasia Festival this year; a real gem.
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          • Jul 27, 2014

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          • Release date
            • February 22, 2014 (Japan)
          • Country of origin
            • Japan
          • Official sites
            • Official site
            • Official site
          • Languages
            • Japanese
            • Russian
            • Korean
          • Also known as
            • Giovannis ö
          • Production companies
            • Fuji IG Laboratory for Movies (FILM)
            • Japan Association of Music Enterprises (JAME)
            • Production I.G.
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 42 minutes
          • Color
            • Color
          • Sound mix
            • Dolby Digital
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.85 : 1

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