81
GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 80GoodWatch 82
IMDb8.0
Running time
2 h 26 min
Longer than 9 in 10 family movies, +51 min on the typical 95
typical 95146Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1961
November 22, 1961
65 years ago
Genres
FamilyDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Directing · 2
- Tomotaka Tasaka Director
- Takaharu Saeki Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Masashige Narusawa Screenplay
- Ken Kondo Original Story
Production · 3
- Hiroshi Okawa Executive Producer
- Yasuo Saito Development Manager
- Shigeru Wakatsuki Development Manager
Camera · 1
- Masahiko Iimura Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yoshiki Nagasawa Editor
Sound · 1
- Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Keigo Shimozawa Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- Yasunojo Kawasaki Lighting Technician
Other crew · 1
- Yozo Uchida Sound Recordist
More like this
Same genre
More family movies
- The Incredibles (2004)
GoodWatch score 85 - My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
GoodWatch score 84 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
GoodWatch score 81 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
GoodWatch score 85 - Megamind (2010)
GoodWatch score 70 - Enchanted (2007)
GoodWatch score 73 - Home Alone (1990)
GoodWatch score 70 - The Breadwinner (2026)
GoodWatch score 58