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Kuro ga Ita Natsu (movie)

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Alternative title:

Kuro (Polish)

Summer with Kuro

クロがいた夏 (Japanese)

Genres: drama

Themes: cats, family, historical

Plot Summary: Two siblings rescue a stray kitten and hope that they can take care of little Kuro for ever. But the place they live in is Hiroshima and the year is 1945...

Running time: 67 minutes

Vintage: 1990-06-04

Premiere date:

1990-06-04 (Japan)

Release dates: We have 3

Ending Theme:

"Itoshiki mono yo (愛しきものよ)" by Mikio Satō

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Takeshi Shirato

Screenplay:
Keiji Nakazawa
Takeshi Shirato

Storyboard: Takeshi Shirato

Unit Director: Masao Itō

Music: Mikio Satō

Original creator: Keiji Nakazawa

Character Design: Nobuo Shiroki

Art Director: Tadami Shimokawa

Animation Director:
Ikuo Shimazu
Jōji Kikuchi

Sound Director: Hisashi Ohsawa

Director of Photography: Yoshiyuki Tamagawa

Producer: Takanori Yoshimoto

Art Setting: Tadami Shimokawa

Assistant Unit Director: Shiro Kawabata

Background Art: Tadami Shimokawa (Clover Art)

Chief animator: Ikuo Shimazu

Color setting: Kinuyo Nozaki

Editing:
Satoru Ishida
Shūichi Kakesu

Editing Assistant:
Eigo Makioka
Kazuhiko Seki
Masahiro Matsumura
Terumitsu Okada
Toshio Henmi
Yoshiyuki Wada

In-Between Animation:
Chikashi Sato
Etsuko Kadoma
Kaori Kondō
Kazuo Tanaka
Ken Masuda
Nobue Takamatsu
Takao Abo
Takumi Koyama
Yoshikazu Sakuma

In-Between Check: Kazuo Tanaka

Key Animation:
Kazuo Tanaka
Ken Masuda
Kouichi Takada
Masakuni Kaneko
Michinori Shirato
Nobuaki Nagano
Sachiko Ōto
Sachiko Suzuki
Yū Itō
Yuki Kinoshita
Yukiko Oto

Music Production: Shoji Kusunoki

Paint:
Akemi Horie
Akiko Yamashita
Eriko Murata
Fumiko Takii
Junko Ohsaki
Kazunori Suzuki
Masato Takagi
Misako Nakazato
Misuzu Sugawara
Sachiko Nozaki
Yoko Someya
Yoshiko Takiguchi
Yuko Kita
Yuko Toyozaki

Paint Check: Kinuyo Nozaki

Production Advancement: Yoshiyuki Iwamoto

Publicity:
Hidetaka Ushio
Hiroshi Kawashima
Mami Yamazaki
Noboru Fukada
Satoshi Otsuka
Yūzō Hori

Sound Effects: Masahiko Satoh

Special Effects: Kō Yamamoto

Theme Song Composition: Mikio Satō

Theme Song Lyrics: Mikio Satō

Theme Song Performance: Maki Kimura

Kōji Yada as Shōzō

Taeko Nakanishi as Ryōko

Etsuko Taguchi as Nobuko

Masahiro Kogatana as Makoto

Yuki Nakajima as Hiroko

Isamu Tanonaka as Schoolhouse Master

Jouji Yanami as Denroku

Keiichi Nanba as Soldier

Kyōko Tongū as Iwakichi

Mutsuko Kamiyama as Schoolhouse Female Guest

Takeshi Aono as
Head Teacher
Narrator

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Tiger Production

Background Art:
Clover Art
Dongyang Animation

Distributor:
Geneon Entertainment, Inc. (DVD)
Japan Home Video (VHS)

Editing: Jay Film

Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory

In-Between Animation:
Kanari World
Kim Seong World
Sendai Production
Tiger Production

Music Production: Clockwise

Paint:
Just
Kanari World
Kim Seong World

Photography:
Studio Sieben
T. Nishimura

Poster Design: People, Inc.

Production:
GEN Productions
RCC Chugoku Broadcasting

Production Cooperation:
Hiroshima Movie Center
Tiger Production

Recording Studio:
Beam Studio
Yomiuri Studio

Sound Production: OKK

Titles: Maki Production

Polish cast

Polish staff

Translation: Seweryn Pazdej

(none)

Polish companies

Distributor: IDG Poland S.A.

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