Giovanni's Island

Giovanni's Island

102 mins | Drama, Animation, History | Feb. 22, 2014

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.

Giovanni's Island

102 mins | Drama, Animation, History | Feb. 22, 2014

Giovanni's Island
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Production I.G, Warner Bros. Japan, Japan Association of Music Enterprises (JAME)
Original title ジョバンニの島
Directors Mizuho Nishikubo
Writers Shigemichi Sugita, Taiki Sakurai

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Junpei Senou (older) (voice)

Yukie Nakama

as Sawako (voice)

Yusuke Santamaria

as Hideo (voice)

Kaoru Yachigusa

as Sawako (older) (voice)

Kota Yokoyama

as Junpei Senou (voice)

Junya Taniai

as Kanta Senou (voice)

Polina Ilyushenko

as Tanya (voice)

Kanako Yanagihara

as Micchan (voice)

Saburo Kitajima

as Genzou Senou (voice)

Hiroshi Inuzuka

as Chief (voice)