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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
A boy from the farm with amazing running speed is asked to join a newly formed national soccer team and discovers a natural talent for the game. The movie is inspired by Japan's hosting of the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 47GoodWatch 51
IMDb4.7
Running time
1 h 25 min
A typical length for animated movies
typical 8985Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Released
1979
July 1, 1979
47 years ago
Genres
AnimationTV MovieLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
and 10 more14 people
- Akira KamiyaJiro Ipponji (voice)
- Rihoko YoshidaYoko Mihoro (voice)
- Kenji UtsumiIkuo Matsumoto (voice)
- Joji YanamiTetsugoro Mihoro (voice)
- Keiko HanYuki Ipponji (voice)
- Tessyo GendaShuta (voice)
- Yuji MitsuyaKotani (voice)
- Kazuhiko InoueFojuno "Tomin" (voice)
Hiroya IshimaruKaneko "Golgon" (voice)
Takeshi AonoShin Mizuki (voice)- SMShirô MizukiCoach (voice)
Keaton YamadaCommentator (voice)
Akira MurayamaCommentator (voice)
Yoshio KaneuchiNarrator (voice)
Directing · 1
- Kozo Morishita Director, Writer
Writing · 2
- Osamu Dezaki Writer
- Hiroshi Yoshida Storyboard
Visual Effects · 2
- Hiroshi Motomiya Character Designer
- Susumu Shiraume Animation Director
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