The Day I Bought a Star (2006)

01/03/2006 (JP) • 16m

Animation, Fantasy

Overview

The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

Top Billed Cast

Genzō Wakayama

Scopello (Voice)

Yo Oizumi

Maykinso (Voice)

Kyoka Suzuki

Ninya (Voice)

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Nona (Voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

space travel

short film

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