Akuemon (1993)

ALL 07/16/1993 (ja) Romance, Animation, Fantasy 25 Min
  • Release
    07/16/1993
  • Production
    IMAGICA, Dragon Production, RANDOM, Studio Cosmos, Seion Studio, Maki Production
  • Rotten tomato
    57%
  • Original title
    悪右衛門
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

A fortuneteller tells Hidari Taisho that he must hunt down 1000 foxes in order to conquer the country. So Akuemon, who is disliked by everybody, is hired to do the foxhunting. In response, the foxes send a female fox to Akuemon's house disguised as his wife. A story unfolds between Akuemon, who has never loved anyone, and the female fox, who slowly discovers true love in him even while tormented by sorrow over her comrades' death. This is the 6th work in "The Lion Books" series. It is also the first attempt by visualist Tezuka Makoto, Tezuka's older son, to render an original of his father's into an animated version.

  1. Story

  2. Seiji Morita

    Editor



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Casts

  1. Konami Yoshida

    Rizu (voice)

  2. Masatô Ibu

    Akuemon (voice)

  3. Kenichi Ogata

    Governor (voice)

  4. Kenichi Ono

    Abe no Yasuna (voice)

  5. Yuri Amano

    Kuzunoha (voice)

  6. Fumihiko Tachiki

    Yokanbei (voice)

  7. Koichi Chiba

    Fox Elder (voice)

  8. Mitsuaki Hoshino

    Akahihi (voice)

  9. Naoki Makishima

    Subordinate (voice)

  10. Tatsumi Yabuki

    Villager (voice)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 10 , Crews : 21

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Akuemon (1993) 25 Min

ALL 07/16/1993 (ja)
Romance, Animation, Fantasy
  • Release 07/16/1993
  • Production
    IMAGICA, Dragon Production, RANDOM, Studio Cosmos, Seion Studio, Maki Production
  • Original title 悪右衛門
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

A fortuneteller tells Hidari Taisho that he must hunt down 1000 foxes in order to conquer the country. So Akuemon, who is disliked by everybody, is hired to do the foxhunting. In response, the foxes send a female fox to Akuemon's house disguised as his wife. A story unfolds between Akuemon, who has never loved anyone, and the female fox, who slowly discovers true love in him even while tormented by sorrow over her comrades' death. This is the 6th work in "The Lion Books" series. It is also the first attempt by visualist Tezuka Makoto, Tezuka's older son, to render an original of his father's into an animated version.

  1. Makoto Tezuka, Hidehito Ueda

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Seiji Morita

    Editor

  4. Minoru Kubota, Takayuki Matsutani, Yoshihiro Shimizu

    Producer