Foxes of Chironup (1987)
1h 12m
Running Time
August 15, 1987Release Date
Foxes of Chironup (1987)
1h 12m
Running Time
August 15, 1987Release Date
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Plot.
Foxes Ken and Chin become the proud parents of cubs, Koro and Kan, who enjoy a carefree life on the northern Japanese island of Chironup. They befriend a fisherman and his wife but are forced to run for their lives when soldiers on a military exercise decide to take home some fox pelts as souvenirs. A sweet little film that obliquely symbolizes the plight of Japan's aboriginal Ainu people and the northern islands that have been contested with Russia since they were occupied by Stalin's soldiers in 1945.
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Cast & Crew.

Mikiko Otonashi
Mother Fox (voice)

Shinobu Adachi
Koro (voice)

Tsutomu Sasaki
Father Fox (voice)

Hisashi Eguchi
Animation

Zenzō Matsuyama
Screenplay

Tetsuo Imazawa
Director

Fukuo Matsuyama
Script

Etsujiro Gotoh
Music

Fukuo Yamamoto
Character Designer / Animation Director

Mariko Kadono
Art Direction

Hiroshi Agatsuma
Animation Director

Noriko Imazawa
Animation Director

Atsumi Tashiro
Sound Director / Executive Producer

Hiroaki Edamitsu
Director of Photography

Hiromi Furukawa
Executive Producer

Ken Fujita
Producer

Keiko Imazawa
Assistant Art Director

Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Assistant Art Director

Masashi Furukawa
Editor

Eiji Hirakawa
Background Designer

Kazuo Ebisawa
Background Designer

Mitsuharu Miyamae
Background Designer

Nobuto Sakamoto
Background Designer

Noriko Fukui
Background Designer

Rie Honda
Background Designer

Shizue Tanaka
Background Designer

Yamako Ishikawa
Background Designer

Harutoshi Ogata
Assistant Editor

Hiromi Miyahara
Animation

Junko Akagawa
Animation

Kazuko Uehara
Animation

Keiko Kaneko
Animation

Kimiko Oukane
Animation

Koyuki Kaneda
Animation

Kumiko Takahashi
Animation

Mayumi Miyazawa
Animation

Miriri Nakagawa
Animation

Naomi Miwa
Animation

Rika Tanaka
Animation

Ryouko Abe
Animation

Sachiko Kaizu
Animation

Saeko Kawano
Animation

Sayuri Shibata
Animation

Shimiko Tsuchiya
Animation

Shoko Sanada
Animation

Yasuko Ishikura
Animation

Youko Sudou
Animation

Yumiko Watanabe
Animation

Katsue Suketomo
Supervising Animator

Akemi Motohashi
Animation

Fumiko Onojima
Animation

Harumi Suzuki
Animation

Hideo Hayashi
Animation

Hiromi Nakai
Animation

Hitomi Mori
Animation

Kayoko Ouno
Animation

Kazuhiro Ohmame
Animation

Kazumi Suzuki
Animation

Kazuyoshi Minato
Animation

Keiko Sasa
Animation

Kenji Kajiwara
Animation

Masaki Sato
Animation

Motoko Hiraishi
Animation

Reiko Eda
Animation

Ryoko Kishimoto
Animation

Sanae Kojima
Animation

Shigeo Akahori
Animation

Shinzaburou Takashima
Animation

Takeshi Koike
Animation

Yasuyuki Shimizu
Animation

Yoshimi Kanbara
Animation

Yukihiro Ogawa
Animation

Yoshie Komatsu
Animation Supervisor

Jin Hasegawa
Key Animation

Juuji Mizumura
Key Animation

Kazuko Furutsu
Key Animation

Masayuki Hiraoka
Key Animation

Mitsuru Aoyama
Key Animation

Nobumichi Kawamura
Key Animation

Rie Nishiyama
Key Animation

Shigetaka Kiyoyama
Key Animation

Shoetsu Hane
Key Animation

Takashi Saijo
Key Animation

Takeo Kitahara
Key Animation

Tomihiko Ohkubo
Key Animation

Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation

Yoshiji Kigami
Key Animation

Yoshiyuki Momose
Key Animation

Yumi Machida
Key Animation

Toshinori Takatsuka
Music Supervisor

Etsujiro Sato
Music Director

Shinji Hori
Recording Supervision

Katsuhisa Yoshino
Sound Design Assistant

Kiyoshi Matsuda
Sound Effects

Tomoji Hashizume
Special Effects

Shouhei Hayashi
Sound Recordist
Details.
Release DateAugust 15, 1987
Original Nameチロヌップのきつね
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 12m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
sibling relationship
based on novel or book
world war ii
fox
friendship
tragedy
animal
anime
Wiki.
The Foxes of Chironup Island (チロヌップのきつね, Chironuppu no kitsune) is a 1987 Japanese animated film, directed by Tetsuo Imazawa. It was based on the eponymous children's book by Hiroyuki Takahashi.