Foxes of Chironup
72 mins
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.
Hisashi Eguchi
Animation
Mitsuharu Miyamae
Background Designer
Yamako Ishikawa
Background Designer
Ken Fujita
Producer
Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Assistant Art Director
Kazuo Ebisawa
Background Designer
Hiromi Miyahara
Animation
Yumiko Watanabe
Animation
Tetsuo Imazawa
Director
Fukuo Yamamoto
Animation Director
Shizue Tanaka
Background Designer
Sachiko Kaizu
Animation
Sayuri Shibata
Animation
Hitomi Mori
Animation
Harutoshi Ogata
Assistant Editor
Atsumi Tashiro
Sound Director
Etsujiro Gotoh
Music
Atsumi Tashiro
Executive Producer
Masashi Furukawa
Editor
Rie Honda
Background Designer
Noriko Fukui
Background Designer
Rika Tanaka
Animation
Saeko Kawano
Animation
Shimiko Tsuchiya
Animation
Masayuki Hiraoka
Key Animation
Kazuhiro Ohmame
Animation
Shinzaburou Takashima
Animation
Kazuko Furutsu
Key Animation
Nobumichi Kawamura
Key Animation
Shoetsu Hane
Key Animation
Toshinori Takatsuka
Music Supervisor
Shinji Hori
Recording Supervision
Mayumi Miyazawa
Animation
Shigeo Akahori
Animation
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Animation
Tomihiko Ohkubo
Key Animation
Naomi Miwa
Animation
Kazuyoshi Minato
Animation
Rie Nishiyama
Key Animation
Katsuhisa Yoshino
Sound Design Assistant
Fukuo Yamamoto
Character Designer
Mariko Kadono
Art Direction
Hiroshi Wagatsuma
Animation Director
Eiji Hirakawa
Background Designer
Junko Akagawa
Animation
Kumiko Takahashi
Animation
Shoko Sanada
Animation
Fumiko Onojima
Animation
Takeo Kitahara
Key Animation
Hiromi Nakai
Animation
Kiyoshi Matsuda
Sound Effects
Tomoji Hashizume
Special Effects
Fukuo Matsuyama
Script
Noriko Imazawa
Animation Director
Hiroaki Edamitsu
Director of Photography
Nobuto Sakamoto
Background Designer
Yukihiro Ogawa
Animation
Miriri Nakagawa
Animation
Ryouko Abe
Animation
Mitsuru Aoyama
Key Animation
Kayoko Ouno
Animation
Takashi Saijo
Key Animation
Keiko Imazawa
Assistant Art Director
Keiko Kaneko
Animation
Yasuko Ishikura
Animation
Youko Sudou
Animation
Kazumi Suzuki
Animation
Motoko Hiraishi
Animation
Sanae Kojima
Animation
Yoshimi Kanbara
Animation
Jin Hasegawa
Key Animation
Kimiko Oukane
Animation
Koyuki Kaneda
Animation
Akemi Motohashi
Animation
Juuji Mizumura
Key Animation
Hiromi Furukawa
Executive Producer
Kazuko Uehara
Animation
Masaki Sato
Animation
Reiko Eda
Animation
Etsujiro Sato
Music Director
Katsue Suketomo
Supervising Animator
Hideo Hayashi
Animation
Shigetaka Kiyoyama
Key Animation
Kenji Kajiwara
Animation
Yumi Machida
Key Animation
Harumi Suzuki
Animation
Yoshie Komatsu
Animation Supervisor
Keiko Sasa
Animation
Ryoko Kishimoto
Animation
Shouhei Hayashi
Sound Recordist
Shouji Katou
Sound Effects
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Original Story