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Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (movie)

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Alternative title:
Fortune Favours Lady Nikuko
Gyokō no Nikuko-chan (Japanese)
La chance sourit à Madame Nikuko (French)
La Fortuna Di Nikuko (Italian)
La fortuna sonríe a Lady Nikuko (Spanish)
漁港の肉子ちゃん (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Easy-going, cheerful, passionate and always ready to eat something delicious, mother Nikuko falls for the bad guys. Her happy motto: "Being ordinary is best of all." Naturally Nikuko's loud and bold spirit embarrasses 11-year-old Kikuko, her daughter. With nothing in common except living together on a boat at the port, a miracle occurs when their secret is revealed.
User Ratings: 20 ratings have been given [details]
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 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 4 votes (sub:3, ?:1)
 Good: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
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 Decent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 25 users, rank: #7530 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.000 (Good), std. dev.: 1, rank: #3620 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.181 (Good+), rank: #2800 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.18)
Bayesian estimate: 7.304 (Good+), rank: #2129 (of 7243)
Vintage: 2021-06-11
Premiere date:
2021-06-11 (Japan)
2021-06-18 (France, Annecy International Animation Film Festival)
2022-05-17 (Italy)
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (BD+DVD) 2022-07-19

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Ayumu Watanabe
Screenplay: Satomi Ooshima
Unit Director: Kenichiro Akimoto
Original creator: Kanako Nishi
Character Design: Kenichi Konishi
Art Director: Shinji Kimura
Chief Animation Director: Kenichi Konishi
Sound Director: Koji Kasamatsu
Cgi Director: Takanori Nakajima
Animation producer: Masataka Aoki
Color design: Miyuki Itō
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
Ending Illustrations: Ayumu Watanabe
In-Between Check:
Eishu Okusaka
Yukari Kaku
In-Between Director: Tomoyuki Kojima
Storyboard Cooperation: Kyōhei Ishiguro
Cocomi as Kikuko
Shinobu Ōtake as Nikuko

Hiro Shimono as
Gecko
Lizard
Ikuji Nakamura as Sassan
Izumi Ishii as Maria
Matsuko Deluxe as Darcia
Natsuki Hanae as Ninomiya
Riho Yoshioka as Miu

Aina Rutō as People in Fishing Port
Aoto Myoujin as People in Fishing Port
Atsushi Yamanishi as
Grandpa
Guest
Stall Owner
Zenji
Ayumu Watanabe as People in Fishing Port
Chance Oshiro as
Frog
Monkey
Musician
Chika Kagura as People in Fishing Port
Eiko Tanaka as People in Fishing Port
Hiro Shimono as Matsumoto
Hiroyuki Miyasako as Cicada
Jonio Iwai as
Announcer
Flower Rock
Torii
Karen Takizawa as
Athletic Meet Announcer
Seagull
Keita Tada as People in Fishing Port
Kenji Suga as People in Fishing Port
Koko Ueno as Hozumi
Miyu Kihara as People in Fishing Port
Nao Sasaki as People in Fishing Port
Orakio as
Customer
Teacher
Raiizumi Inagaki as
Penguin
Zenji's Niece
Rena Motomura as Kanemoto
Rika Hayashi as People in Fishing Port
Saaya Haraguchi as Lisa
Satoko Kashikawa as People in Fishing Port
Teppei Uenishi as People in Fishing Port
Yes! Akito as
Customer
Dealer
Student
Yuriyan Retriever as
Cat
Customer
Landlady
Teacher
Yuuichi Yasoda as
Aquarium Man
Reception Robot
Suspicious Store Attendant

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio 4°C
Distributor: Asmik Ace, Inc.
Production: Yoshimoto Kogyo
English staff
English companies
Translation:
Chad Mullane (GKIDS)
Don Brown
Distributor: Shout! Factory (USA & Canada)
Licensed by:
GKIDS (USA & Canada)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Subtitles: Aura
Theatrical Distribution: Fathom Events
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Alexandre Gibert

Adaptation: Vanessa Leiritz
Anne Mathot as Nikuko
Justine Berger as Kikurin

Amandine Clin as Kanemoto
Julie Etropie as Maria
Léa Poiré as Mori
Lisa Rose Argento as Nagomi
Mathieu Dupire as Ninomiya
French companies
Dubbing: Soundtastic
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Translation: Teresa Lucía Otero Beloso (Spain dub)
Broadcaster: Movistar Estrenos (Spain)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Spain)
Rakuten TV (Spain)
Spanish cast
Chelo Díaz as Kikuko (Spain dub)
Covadonga Berdiñas as Nikuko (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Luca Giacomozzi

Dialogues: Sara Guidi
Dubbing Assistant: Federica Di Lorenzo
Dubbing Engineer: Gabriele Castaldi
Emanuela Damasio as Nikuko
Giorgia Venditti as Kikuko

Jessica Bologna as Maria
Matteo Liofredi as Ninomiya
Teo Bellia as Sassan

Alessandra Berardi as
Kumiko
Risa
Yosshi
Anna Laviola as
Gatta
Hozumi
Laura
Nogami
Beatrice Maruffa as Kanemoto
Daniela Debolini as Delicia
Fabio Gervasi as
Geco
Tom
Zenji
Francesco Fabbri as
Nakajima
Rana
Sakurai
Teo
Torii
Yanaka
Marco Altini as
Cicala
Gabbiano
Lucertola
Manaka
Matsumoto
Michele Mancuso as
Leo
Uno
Yakisoba
Sara Imbriani as
Kanko
Mori
Valentina De Marchi as
Akechi
Sayaka
Valentina Stredini as Narrator
Italian companies
Distributor:
Dynit
Nexo Digital
Dubbing Studio: C.D. Cine Dubbing

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