Haha wo tazunete sanzen-ri (1976)

Country of Origin: Japan
Date(s) of Broadcast: 4 January 1976 - 26 December 1976
Number of Seasons:
Total Number of Episodes: 52 mins
Average Episode Running Times:
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Nippon Animation / Fuji TV
Executive Producer: Kôichi Motohashi
Italian Language Version Executive Producer: Aldo Grimaldi
Producers: Junzô Nakajima, Takaji Matsudo

SCRIPT
Script: Kazuo Fukazawa
Novel: Cuore by Edmondo de Amicis

DIRECTION
Director: Isao Takahata
Assistant Directors: Kazuyoshi Yokota, Ken'ichi Baba, Yasuo Kageyama

ANIMATION
Animation Director: Youichi Otabe
Assistant Animation Director: Reiko Okuyama
Scene Designer / Organizer: Hayao Miyazaki
Character Designer: Youichi Otabe
Layout: Hayao Miyazaki

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Keishichi Kuroki

MUSIC
Music: Kôichi Sakata
Songs: Kumiko Oosugi, Isao Takahata, Kazuo Fukazawa (Sougen no Marco; Kaasan Ohayou)
Theme Song Arrangers: Kôichi Sakata, Reijirô Oroku
Theme Song Performed By: Kumiko Ohsugi

SOUND
Audio Director: Yasuo Uragami

DESIGN
Art Director: Takashi Mukuo
Storyboards: Isao Takahata (episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7); Seiji Okuta; Yoshio Kuroda (episodes 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 35); Yoshiyuki Tomino

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Hayao Miyazaki

VOICES
Keiko Matsunô, Yoshiko Matsuo (Marco)
Kazuyuki Sogabe (Tonio)
Kiyoshi Kawakubo (Pietro)
Mie Higashi (Pablo)
Noriko Ohara (Conchetta)
Yukiko Nikaido (Anna)
Akiko Tsuboi (narrator)
Akio Nojima (Rocky)
Eken Mine (Federico)
Hikaru Miyata (Fernandez)
Ichirô Nagai (Peppino)
Kei Tomiyama (Mario)
Keiko Yokozawa (Fana)
Kouhei Miyauchi (Carlos)
Kuriko Komamura (Emilio)
Mieko Nobusawa (Fiolina)
Reiko Takefuji (Clara)
Sachiko Chijimatsu (Julietta)
Takuzou Kamiyama (Leonardo)
Hideo Kinoshita
Tetsuya Kaji

GERMAN LANGUAGE VERSION TITLES
Manou Lubowski (Marco)

ITALIAN LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Fabrizio Latini Vidale (Marco)
Cinzia De Carolis (Concetta)
Dario Ghirardi (Pietro)
Diego Michelotti (Fosco)
Ermanno Ribaudo (narratore)
Gastone Pescucci (Mario)
Georgia Lepore (Juana)
Laura Boccanera (Suor Maria)
Maurizio Reti (Miguel)
Oreste Baldini (Tonio)
Paolo Turco (José / Pepe)
Riccardo Rossi (Pablo)
Silvia Pepitoni (Anna)
Susanna Fassetta (Violetta)

SPANISH VERSION VOICES
Ana Ángeles García (Marco)
Conchita Núñez (Conccetta)
Francisco Sánchez (Peppino)

EPISODES

1. Ikanaide okaasan
2. Jenoba no sho-nen maruko
3. Nichiyo-bi no minato machi
4. Oto-san nanka daikira
5. Nakayoshi emirio
6. Maruko no gekkyûbi
7. Yane no ue no chiisana umi
8. Yukaina peppiino ichiza
9. Gomennasai oto-san
10. Kaasan no buenosu airesu
11. Okaasan no tegami
12. Hiko-sen no tobu hi
13. Sayo-nara fioriina
14. Maruko no ketsui
15. Susume forugoore go-
16. Chiisana kokku cho-
17. Sekido-matsuri
18. Rio no iminsen
19. Kagayaku minami jûjisei
20. Ooarashi no yoru
21. Ra purata kawa wa gin no kawa
22. Kaasan no iru machi
23. Mo-hitori no okaasan
24. Mattetekureta fioriina
25. Peppiino ichiza o-atari
26. So-gen he
27. Fioriina no namida
28. Baruboosa daibokujo-
29. Yuki ga furu
30. Ro-gaucho karurosu
31. Nagai yoru
32. Sayo-nara to ietara
33. Kaasan ga inai
34. Jenoba ni kaeritai
35. Okaasan no natsukashii moji
36. Sayo-nara baia buranka
37. Hateshinai tabi he
38. Kaasan datte tsurai no ni
39. Bara iro no yoake rosario
40. Kagayaku itaria no hoshi hitotsu
41. Kaasan to kaeretara...
42. Atarashii tomodachi paburo
43. Kono machi no doko ka ni
44. Fana wo tasuketai
45. Harukana kita he
46. Ushiguruma no tabi
47. Ano yama no fumoto ni kaasan ga
48. Roba yo shinanaide
49. Kaasan ga yondeiru
50. Hashire maruko!
51. To-to-kaasan ni
52. Kaasan to jenoba he

AVAILABILITY

Japan
Television Distributors: Fuji TV
Video Distributors: Bandai Visual
Laserdisc Distributors: Bandai Visual
DVD Distributors: Bandai Visual (BCBA-77; BCBA-78; BCBA-79; BCBA-80; BCBA-81; BCBA-82; BCBA-83; BCBA-84; BCBA-85; BCBA-86; BCBA-87; BCBA-88; BCBA-89)

Spain
Television Distributor: Comarex S.A. de C.V. Mexico

TIMELINE

1980
July
19: Japan - compilation movie theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

3000 Miles In Search of Mother
From the Apennines to the Andes
Karupisu kodomo gekijo haha wo tazunete sanzen ri - alternative title
Marco - Italian title
Marco, De los Apeninos a los Andes - Spanish title

KEYWORDS

animation, anime, book into film

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008