3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie

1980Directed by Isao Takahata

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Released: July 19, 1980
Runtime: 1h 47m

About 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie

Animation
Adventure

Synopsis

A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family letters, but soon the messages stop coming, which worries Marco and sets him off on an epic quest to find her.

Director: Isao Takahata
Writers: Kazuo Fukazawa
Isao Takahata
Edmondo De Amicis
Original title: 母をたずねて三千里

Principal cast

In billing order

Yoshiko MatsuoMarco (voice)
Yukiko NikaidoAnna, Marco's Mother (voice)
Kiyoshi KawakuboMarco's Father (voice)
Mieko NobusawaFiorina (voice)

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