Twelve Months

Twelve Months

65 mins | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy | March 15, 1980

A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. The girl almost freezes to death in the forest, but she is rescued by the spirits of the Twelve Months, who create spring around her. The girl is able to deliver the bouquet to the queen, but others want a share of the reward.

Twelve Months

65 mins | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy | March 15, 1980

Twelve Months
A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. The girl almost freezes to death in the forest, but she is rescued by the spirits of the Twelve Months, who create spring around her. The girl is able to deliver the bouquet to the queen, but others want a share of the reward.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Toei Animation
Original title 世界名作童話　森は生きている
Directors Kimio Yabuki, Tetsuo Imazawa, Yugo Serikawa
Writers Yasuko Miyazaki, Kimio Yabuki, Samuil Marshak

Cast

Ai Kanzaki

as Queen

Tokuko Sugiyama

as Stepmother

Mariko Mukai

as Stepmother's daughter

Ichiro Nagai

as Professor

Masashi Amenomori

as Prime Minister

Daisuke Ryû

as Officer

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

as January

Katsuji Mori

as April

Masato Yamanouchi

as Soldier

Koji Yakusho

as Young soldier

Hidekatsu Shibata

as Additional voice

Shinobu Otake

as Anja