Film

A Zoo Without an Elephant

1982 · 1h 19m · Animation · Comedy

In 1949, after the war, Hidé and his sister Myoko are poor and live in a makeshift hut under the bridge and do their best to survive. When Myoko recovers from an illness, he offers to take her to the Zoo to show her the impressive elephant that marked him during a visit when he was younger. He will be angry to find that there is no more elephant, replaced by a cardboard reproduction. Sankichi, a Zoo employee will tell him the sad truth about what happened.

Masahiro Anzai

(voice)

Tadao Futami

(voice)

Tetsuya Kaji

(voice)

Hiroko Maruyama

Tomo (voice)

Yoneko Matsukane

Miyoko (voice)

Eken Mine

(voice)

Ichirô Murakoshi

Ikeda-san (voice)

Masako Nozawa

Hide (voice)

Ryuji Saikachi

(voice)

Fujio Tokita

Sankichi (voice)

Yoshito Yasuhara

(voice)

• Tsuneo MaedaDirector
• Atsumi TashiroProducer
• Toki UdagawaProducer
• Masashi FurukawaEditor

Release date

March 20, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 19m

Genres

Animation, Comedy