The Mother Who Became a Kite

6.0

2003

45m

AnimationDramaWar

The second film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa".

Key Crew

Director

Yoshio Takeuchi

Producers

Kenji Oota

Junichi Kimura

Yoshio Kato

Writers

Nobuyuki Fujimoto

Cinematography

Kazuhiro Sasaki

Cast (13)

Ai Orikasa

Mom (voice)

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