The Life of Budori Gusuko
The fairy tale follows a young man named Gusukō in the Tōhoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Gusukō is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Gusukō joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Gusukō from his home.
Top Billed Cast
Shun Oguri
Budori Gusukō (voice)
Shioli Kutsuna
Neri Gusukō (voice)
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Kotori the Kidnapper (voice)
Tamiyo Kusakari
Budori's Mother (voice)
Hayashiya Shōzō IX
Redbeard (voice)
Featured Crew
Gisaburō Sugii
Screenplay
Tsuneo Maeda
Animation Director
Marisuke Eguchi
Character Designer
Ryota Komatsu
Original Music Composer
Yukio Abe
Background Designer
Hiroshi Masumura
Concept Artist
Toru Shinozaki
Conceptual Illustrator
Osamu Kobayashi
Storyboard Artist
Marisuke Eguchi
Supervising Animation Director
Gisaburō Sugii
Storyboard Artist
Kenji Miyazawa
Novel
Gisaburō Sugii
Director
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