Botchan

Botchan

70 mins | Drama, Animation | June 13, 1980

Based on Soseki Natume's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books. The novel included autobiographical elements: Natsume once taught in Matsuyama, where Uranari comes to teach.

Botchan

70 mins | Drama, Animation | June 13, 1980

Botchan
Based on Soseki Natume's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books. The novel included autobiographical elements: Natsume once taught in Matsuyama, where Uranari comes to teach.
Producers Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Fuji Television Network, Madhouse
Original title 坊っちゃん
Directors Yoshio Takeuchi
Writers Natsume Sōseki, Yoshio Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Fukuda

Cast

Hideki Saijô

as Botchan (voice)

Akira Kume

as Narrator (voice)

Gorō Naya

as Yamaarashi (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

as Tanuki (voice)

Isamu Tanonaka

as Nodaiko (voice)

Jôji Yanami

as Akashatsu (voice)

Masako Nozawa

as Chibi (voice)

Miyoko Aso

as Kiyoshi (voice)

Yasuo Yamada

as Uranari (voice)