A letter to Momo

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Anime movie
title A letter to Momo
Original title も も へ の 手紙
transcription Momo e no Tegami
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2011
Studio Production IG
length 120 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Hiroyuki Okiura
idea Hiroyuki Okiura
script Hiroyuki Okiura
production Arimasa Okada ,
Keiko Matsushita ,
Mariko Noguchi ,
Motoki Mukaichi
music Mina Kubota
synchronization

A Letter to Momo ( Japanese ももへの手紙 Momo e no Tegami ) is a Japanese anime - Drama , which was published in 2011 and Production IG produced. Screenwriter and director was Hiroyuki Okiura , the film had its premiere on 10 September 2011 at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in Japan on April 21, 2012 found.

action

After the death of their father Kazuo, Momo Miyaura and her mother Ikuko travel from Tokyo to the Seto Inland Sea . Momo carries with her her father's unfinished letter, which only contains the words Momo e (To Momo). The two arrive at their farm in Shiojima ( 汐 島 ) and meet their old relatives Sachio and Sae Sadahama, as well as Koichi, a postman and old friend of Ikuko, who was in love with him at the time. Momo is devastated and misses Tokyo. In the attic she opens a rare picture book about goblins and yōkai , collected by Sachio's father. Then 3 drops fall from the sky on Ikuko's property and transform into the Yōkai Kawa, Mame and Iwa, the leader. While Ikuko is in nursing school, Momo reads books and begins to hear strange noises in the house. She is chased out of the house by the Yōkai and meets the boy Yota. Unsuspecting because they cannot hear the noises, Ikuko and Yota enter the house. The next morning Momo meets Yota and gets to know his sister Umi. The three meet up with friends and go swimming near a bridge, but Momo doesn't dare to jump off the bridge into the water and runs to a shelter during a thunderstorm. Iwa, Mame and Kawa then reveal that they have stolen fruit from all over the island. Momo runs back to the courtyard in fear and discovers that the garden has been ransacked. Then Sachio tells Momo that the yōkai used to be gods but were transformed as punishment for breaking the divine laws. Momo later tries to prevent the yōkai from stealing, and Kawa breaks Ikuko's mirror. Thereupon an argument breaks out between Momo and Ikuko and Momo runs away. While Ikuko is looking for Momo, she has a severe asthma attack. While Momo overhears her mother's asthma attack, she notices her mistake and asks the yōkai if they can help her find a doctor on the island. The yōkai refuse and Momo goes looking alone. Koichi and Yota go after her, then she tells about the argument with Kazuo before his death and asks Koichi for help in finding a doctor. Meanwhile, the yōkai realize that it is possible for them to escape punishment, and they help Momo and Koichi to cross the new and not yet opened bridge where the two find a doctor. The next morning Momo writes a letter to her father and thanks him while Ikuko recovers. The yōkai have fulfilled their mission to protect Momo and turn back into drops of water and disappear into the sky. That night, during tōrō nagashi , the two recover and realize that Kazuo probably wanted to write that he was proud of Momo. She later starts her new life with Yota by jumping off the bridge with him.

development

Distributor Kadokawa Pictures announced the film in its 2011 and 2012 lineup on February 15, 2011. Further details, such as the director, Hiroyuki Okiura , about the film were released on July 11, 2011. There is 11 years between his early work, Jin-Roh from 2000, and the film; it took him 7 years to develop the script and write the storyboards.

publication

A letter to Momo was featured internationally at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival . It was later announced that it would be screened at the 16th Busan International Film Festival .

It was also shown at the 27th Warsaw International Film Festival . This made it the first anime to appear at the Warsaw Film Festival. He was also competing for the "Halekulani Golden Orchid Award" at the 31st Hawaii International Film Festival . The US premiere took place at the New York International Children's Film Festival 2012. The DVD and Blu-Ray were released on October 21, 2014. The film screened in over 300 cinemas in Japan on April 21, 2012.

reception

The film grossed over $ 4 million in Japan and $ 1.7 million in South Korea. In 2013 he received a nomination for Best Animated Film at the Japanese Academy Awards , but had to admit defeat to Ame & Yuki - Die Wolfskinder , on which Hiroshi Ōno also worked as artistic director.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for A letter to Momo . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ "新生" 角 川 映 画 ラ イ ン ナ ッ プ は 15 作品 「貞子 3D」 製作 も 発 表 ( Japanese ) eiga.com. February 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b 2012 年 GW 公開 ｢も も へ の 手紙｣ 主題歌 に 原由 子 さ ん が 決定 ( Japanese ) Anime Anime Japan. June 11, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ a b ト ロ ン ト で 好評 ｢も も へ の 手紙｣ シ ッ チ ェ ス 、 釜山 に も 正式 出品 | ア ニ メ！ ア ニ メ! In: ア ニ メ！ ア ニ メ! ( animeanime.jp ).
  5. ↑ 2011 Toronto International Film Festival Programming . Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 29, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tiff.net
  6. ^ Laurel Graeber: Kids' Film Festival: Fear, Astonishment and the Beatles. New York International Children's Film Festival 2012 . In: The New York Times . The New York Times. March 2, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  7. ^ Boston International Children's Film Festival . Boston International Children's Film Festival. 2013.
  8. ↑ a b A Letter to Momo - By Country . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ も も へ の 手紙 on eiga.com ( Japanese ) eiga.com. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  10. ↑ 海外 で も 絶 賛 の 『も も へ の 手紙』 は 全国 300 館 規模 の 公開 に！ 劇場 オ リ ジ ナ ル ア ニ メ メ ー シ ョ ン と し て は 異 例 の 公開 館 数! In: シ ネ マ ト ゥ デ イ . ( cinematoday.jp ).