Foxes of Chironup
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.
Top Billed Cast
Featured Crew
Hisashi Eguchi
Animation
Zenzō Matsuyama
Screenplay
Tetsuo Imazawa
Director
Fukuo Matsuyama
Script
Etsujiro Gotoh
Music
Fukuo Yamamoto
Character Designer
Mariko Kadono
Art Direction
Fukuo Yamamoto
Animation Director
Hiroshi Wagatsuma
Animation Director
Noriko Imazawa
Animation Director
Atsumi Tashiro
Sound Director
Hiroaki Edamitsu
Director of Photography