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Foxes of Chironup

0 %|Aug 15, 1987|Animation, Drama, History

Foxes Ken and Chin become the proud parents of cubs, Koro and Kan, who enjoy a carefree life on the northern Japanese island of Chironup. They befriend a fisherman and his wife but are forced to run for their lives when soldiers on a military exercise decide to take home some fox pelts as souvenirs. A sweet little film that obliquely symbolizes the plight of Japan's aboriginal Ainu people and the northern islands that have been contested with Russia since they were occupied by Stalin's soldiers in 1945.

Featured Crew

Hisashi Eguchi
Animation
Zenzō Matsuyama
Screenplay
Mitsuharu Miyamae
Background Designer
Yamako Ishikawa
Background Designer
Ken Fujita
Producer
Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Assistant Art Director
Kazuo Ebisawa
Background Designer
Hiromi Miyahara
Animation

Cast

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Mikiko Otonashi
Mother Fox (voice)
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Shinobu Adachi
Koro (voice)
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Tsutomu Sasaki
Father Fox (voice)