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Released
1993 · FILM

Akuemon

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Written by
Runtime
25 min
Language
JA
RomanceAnimationFantasy

Synopsis

A fortuneteller informs Hidari Taisho that he must hunt down 1,000 foxes in order to conquer the country. As a result, Akuemon, a man disliked by everyone, is hired to carry out the foxhunting. In response, the foxes send a female fox to Akuemon's house, where she disguises herself as his wife. A story unfolds between Akuemon, who has never known love, and the female fox, who gradually discovers genuine affection in him, even as she is tormented by grief over the deaths of her comrades. This is the sixth work in "The Lion Books" series. It is also the first attempt by visualist Tezuka Makoto, the older son of Tezuka, to adapt an original work by his father into an animated version.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Seiji MoritaShot by Hisao ShiraiScored by Ichiko Hashimoto

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