57 reviews
Animation/Drama
1h 37m
2021
Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite...

Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite in many ways. Kikuko is a string-bean of a young girl, pensive, quietly curious, and methodical in how she approaches life in this small harbor town. Nikuko embarrasses Kikuko as any mom of a preteen would, but Nikuko’s bold spirit makes her especially well-known in a town where Kikuko herself wants nothing more than to simply blend in. As Kikuko navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school, enhanced with touches of magical realism from her ever-present imagination, a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair’s tender relationship.
- DirectorAyumu Watanabe
- Release11 June 2021
- Genre
- Duration1h 37m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate57 reviews
- Productions
Asmik Ace, Yoshimoto Kogyo, STUDIO4℃
Cast

Shinobu Ôtake
Nikuko-chan (voice)

Cocomi
Kikuko (voice)

Natsuki Hanae
Ninomiya (voice)

Ikuji Nakamura
Sassan (voice)

Izumi Ishii
Maria (voice)

Atsushi Yamanishi
Zenji (voice)

Yuichi Yasoda
Old man at the aquarium / Other characters (voice)

Matsuko Deluxe
Darcia (voice)

Riho Yoshioka
Miu (voice)

Hiro Shimono
Lizard / Gecko (voice)

Rena Motomura
Kanemoto (voice)

Koko Ueno
Hozumi (voice)
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