The Day I Bought a Star (2006)
16m
Running Time
January 3, 2006Release Date
The Day I Bought a Star (2006)
16m
Running Time
January 3, 2006Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.

Genzô Wakayama
Scopello (Voice)

Yo Oizumi
Maykinso (Voice)

Kyoka Suzuki
Ninya (Voice)

Ryunosuke Kamiki
Nona (Voice)

Hayao Miyazaki
Director / Screenplay

Naohisa Inoue
Original Film Writer

Kenichi Yamada
Key Animation

Takeshi Inamura
Key Animation
Media.









Details.
Release DateJanuary 3, 2006
Original Name星をかった日
StatusReleased
Running Time16m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
short
space travel
Wiki.
Hoshi o Katta Hi (星をかった日, lit. 'The Day I Bought a Star') is a Japanese animated short film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and released January 3, 2006. It was produced by Toshio Suzuki for Studio Ghibli for their exclusive use in the Saturn Theatre at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo. The film is based on a story by Naohisa Inoue.
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