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The Day I Bought a Star

The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

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Cast and Crew

Profile photo of Genzô Wakayama

Genzô Wakayama

Scopello (Voice)

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Yo Oizumi

Maykinso (Voice)

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Kyoka Suzuki

Ninya (Voice)

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Ryunosuke Kamiki

Nona (Voice)

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Hayao Miyazaki

Director

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Hayao Miyazaki

Screenplay

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Naohisa Inoue

Original Film Writer

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Masako Sato

Key Animation

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Katsutoshi Nakamura

Key Animation

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Shinichiro Yamada

Key Animation

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Kenichi Yamada

Key Animation

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Sachiko Sugino

Key Animation

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Takeshi Inamura

Key Animation

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Fumie Konno

Key Animation

The Day I Bought a Star

The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

Orignal Title

星をかった日

Orignal Language

ja

Duration

16 minutes

Genre

Animation, Fantasy

Status

Released

Release Data

2006-01-03

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Production Companies

Studio Ghibli

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