Seeda Hana To Ame Raritan
Running time117 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBox office$55 millionWolf Children (: おおかみこどもの雨と雪,: Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki, lit. 'Wolf Children Ame and Yuki') is a 2012 Japanese directed and co-written. The film stars the voices of,. The story follows a young mother who is left to raise two half-human half-wolf children, Ame and Yuki, after their werewolf father dies.To create the film, director Hosoda established, which co-produced the film with., the for (1990) and (1995), designed characters for the film. Wolf Children had its in Paris on June 25, 2012, and was released theatrically on July 21, 2012 in Japan. It is licensed by in North America and was released on and on November 23, 2013. It was screened in the UK at the end of October 2013 with a DVD and Deluxe Blu-ray/DVD edition from Manga Entertainment following on December 23, 2013.
Contents.Plot In, Japan, college student Hana falls in love with an enigmatic man. One night, the man reveals that he can transform into a, and they later have two wolf children: a daughter, Yuki, year later a son, Ame. Soon after, their father is killed in an accident while hunting food for the children.Hana's life as a single mother is difficult; Yuki and Ame constantly switch between their human and wolf forms, and Hana has to hide them from the world. After she receives noise complaints and a visit from social workers concerned that the children have not had vaccinations, Hana moves the family to the countryside away from prying neighbors.
She works hard to repair a dilapidated house, but struggles to sustain the family on their own crops. With help from a strict old man named Nirasaki, she learns to farm sufficiently, and she becomes friends with some of the locals.One winter day, Ame almost drowns in a river after trying to hunt a, but Yuki rescues him, and Ame becomes more confident in his abilities as a wolf. Yuki begs her mother to let her go to school like other children. Hana accepts on the condition that Yuki keeps her wolf nature secret.
Though Yuki's classmates find her strange at first, she soon makes friends. However, Ame is more interested in the forest and takes lessons from an elderly about survival in the wild.In fourth grade, Yuki's class receives a new transfer student, Souhei, who realizes something is strange about her. When he pursues her, Yuki gets angry, transforms into a wolf, and inadvertently injures him, leaving a scar on his ear. At the meeting with their parents and teachers, Souhei tells them a wolf attacked him, absolving Yuki of the blame. The two become friends.Yuki and Ame fight over whether they are human or wolf. Two years later, a fierce storm gathers and Yuki's school is let out early.
As Hana is about to leave to pick her up, Ame disappears into the forest to help his dying fox teacher, so she follows him. The other children are picked up from school by their parents, leaving Yuki and Souhei alone. After walking around the school and contemplating their futures, Yuki shows Souhei that she can transform into a wolf and that it was really her who attacked him. He tells her that he already knew, and promises to keep her secret.As Hana searches the forest for Ame, she slips and falls unconscious.
While unconscious, Hana sees a vision of the children's father, who tells her that Yuki and Ame will find their own paths in life, and that she raised them well. Ame finds Hana and carries her to safety. She awakens to see Ame fully transform into a wolf and run into the mountains. She realizes he has found his own path and happily but tearfully accepts his goodbye.One year later, Yuki leaves home to move into a junior high school dormitory.
Ame's wolf howls are heard far and wide in the forest. Hana, living alone in the house, reflects that raising her wolf children was like a fairy tale, and feels proud to have raised them well.Voice cast CharacterCastJapaneseEnglishHana (花)The WolfmanYuki (雪),Momoka Ono ( Ōno Momoka) (child), Lara Woodhull (child)Ame (雨)Yukito Nishii ( Nishii Yukito),Amon Kabe ( Kabe Amon) (child), (child)Sōhei Fujii (藤井 草平 Fujii Sōhei)Takuma Hiraoka ( Hiraoka Takuma)Sōhei's motherGrandpa Nirasaki (韮崎 Nirasaki)Jerry RussellMr. NirasakiTakashi Kobayashi ( Kobayashi Takashi)Kenny GreenMrs. NirasakiTomie Kataoka ( Kataoka Tomie)Mr. Tanabe (田辺)Hosokawa (細川)Yamaoka (山岡)Bill FlynnTendō (天童)Hajime Inoue ( Inoue Hajime)KurodaN/AMrs. Horita (堀田 Horita)Uncle HoritaN/AMark StoddardAunt HoritaN/AMelinda Wood AllenMrs.
DoiKate OxleyUncle Doi (土肥 Doi)N/ABob MagruderAunt DoiN/ALinda LeonardShino (信乃)Rino Kobayashi ( Kobayashi Rino)Bunko (文子)Chika Arakawa ( Arakawa Chika)Sōko (荘子)Keno (毛野)( Kamishiraishi Mone)Tadatomo (忠与)Tensei MatsuokaRadio AnnouncerTaichi Masu ( Masu Taichi)Release At a press conference held on 18 June 2012, the director Mamoru Hosoda announced that Wolf Children would be released in 34 different countries and territories. This film's premiere was in France on June 25, 2012, marking its international debut.It was subsequently released in Japan on July 21, 2012. The film's Blu-ray and DVD release date for Japan was February 20, 2013. The film had a limited release in the United States on September 27, 2013.Wolf Children was screened at 2013 in May in the and at 2013 in June in. Other media In addition to the film, two novelizations and a manga written by Hosoda (with art by Yū ( 優)) were released.
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