Botchan

Botchan (1980)


  • Genre: Animation, Drama
  • Release Date: 1980-06-13
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 10min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Madhouse
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Yoshio Takeuchi
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Summary

Botchan, a recent graduate, sets out for his first teaching assignment - never anticipating what awaits him. He must contend with students who spy on him and pull nasty stunts and with a landlord who constantly tries to sell him worthless antiques. While on a fishing trip to boost his spirits, Botchan suspects Hotta, his one friend in the village, as the cause of all of his misery. But this is just beginning of his problems - During a meeting to discuss the students' disrespectful behavior towards Botchan, the proposed punishment is surprisingly mild despite the severity of the acts. Yet, Botchan's suspected adversary defends him. Were the other faculty members lying about Hotta? Botchan may soon discover the truth, for when evidence of the dean's activities surface, Botchan and Hotta must team up to corner the dean in his own scandalous game. Based on Natsume Soseki's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books.

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  • Hideki Saijo

    as Botchan (voice)
  • Akira Kume

    as Narrator (voice)
  • Gorō Naya

    as Yamaarashi (voice)
  • Ichiro Nagai

    as Tanuki (voice)
  • Isamu Tanonaka

    as Nodaiko (voice)
  • Joji Yanami

    as Akashatsu (voice)
  • Masako Nozawa

    as Chibi (voice)
  • Miyoko Asô

    as Kiyoshi (voice)
  • Yasuo Yamada

    as Uranari (voice)
Art Shichiro Kobayashi Art Direction
Visual Effects Akio Sugino Character Designer
Writing Natsume Sōseki Novel
Sound Takeo Watanabe Music
Directing Yoshio Takeuchi Director
Art Kazuhiko Kato Concept Artist
Writing Yoshiyuki Fukuda Screenplay
Visual Effects Manabu Ohashi Key Animation
Visual Effects Yoshiaki Kawajiri Key Animation
Visual Effects Akio Sugino Animation Director
Writing Yoshio Takeuchi Storyboard
Production Osamu Dezaki Producer
Sound Hiroshi Sakonjou Sound Director

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