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.
Crew
Tetsuo Imazawa
Director
Fukuo Matsuyama
Script
Zenzō Matsuyama
Screenplay
Masashi Furukawa
Editor
Harutoshi Ogata
Assistant Editor
Hiroaki Edamitsu
Director of Photography
Atsumi Tashiro
Executive Producer, Sound Director
Hiromi Furukawa
Executive Producer
Ken Fujita
Producer
Fukuo Yamamoto
Animation Director, Character Designer
Hiroshi Wagatsuma
Animation Director
Noriko Imazawa
Animation Director
Yoshie Komatsu
Animation Supervisor
Masayuki Hiraoka
Key Animation
Kazuko Furutsu
Key Animation
Nobumichi Kawamura
Key Animation
Shoetsu Hane
Key Animation
Tomihiko Ohkubo
Key Animation
Yoshiji Kigami
Key Animation
Yoshiyuki Momose
Key Animation
Rie Nishiyama
Key Animation
Takeo Kitahara
Key Animation
Mitsuru Aoyama
Key Animation
Takashi Saijo
Key Animation
Jin Hasegawa
Key Animation
Juuji Mizumura
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Shigetaka Kiyoyama
Key Animation
Yumi Machida
Key Animation
Hisashi Eguchi
Animation
Hiromi Miyahara
Animation
Yumiko Watanabe
Animation
Sachiko Kaizu
Animation
Sayuri Shibata
Animation
Hitomi Mori
Animation
Rika Tanaka
Animation
Saeko Kawano
Animation
Shimiko Tsuchiya
Animation
Kazuhiro Ohmame
Animation
Shinzaburou Takashima
Animation
Mayumi Miyazawa
Animation
Shigeo Akahori
Animation
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Animation
Naomi Miwa
Animation
Kazuyoshi Minato
Animation
Junko Akagawa
Animation
Kumiko Takahashi
Animation
Sachiko Sanada
Animation
Fumiko Onojima
Animation
Hiromi Nakai
Animation
Yukihiro Ogawa
Animation
Miriri Nakagawa
Animation
Ryouko Abe
Animation
Kayoko Ouno
Animation
Keiko Kaneko
Animation
Yasuko Ishikura
Animation
Youko Sudou
Animation
Kazumi Suzuki
Animation
Motoko Hiraishi
Animation
Sanae Kojima
Animation
Yoshimi Kanbara
Animation
Kimiko Oukane
Animation
Koyuki Kaneda
Animation
Akemi Motohashi
Animation
Kazuko Uehara
Animation
Masaki Sato
Animation
Reiko Eda
Animation
Takeshi Koike
Animation
Hideo Hayashi
Animation
Kenji Kajiwara
Animation
Harumi Suzuki
Animation
Keiko Sasa
Animation
Ryoko Kishimoto
Animation
Katsue Suketomo
Supervising Animator
Katsuhisa Yoshino
Sound Design Assistant
Kiyoshi Matsuda
Sound Effects
Shoji Kato
Sound Effects
Shouhei Hayashi
Sound Recordist
Tomoji Hashizume
Special Effects
Etsujiro Sato
Music Director
Toshinori Takatsuka
Music Supervisor
Etsujiro Gotoh
Music
Shinji Hori
Recording Supervision
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Original Story
Mitsuharu Miyamae
Background Designer
Yamako Ishikawa
Background Designer
Kazuo Ebisawa
Background Designer
Shizue Tanaka
Background Designer
Rie Honda
Background Designer
Noriko Fukui
Background Designer
Eiji Hirakawa
Background Designer
Nobuto Sakamoto
Background Designer
Mariko Kadono
Art Direction