Cast & Crew

Directed by

Kôzô Kusuba

Writing Credits

Edmondo De Amicis
(novel)
Kazuo Fukazawa
(adaptation)

Cast

Chieko Higuchi
Marco Rossi (child)
Rumi Sakakibara
Anna Rossi
Takayuki Sugô
Pietro Rossi
Osami Nabe
Mr. Peppino
Urara Takano
Pablo
Tomohisa Asô
Middle-Aged Man
Hitoshi Bifu
Rocky
Yurika Hino
Renata / Mrs. Mequinez (voice)
Norihiro Inoue
Marco Rossi (adult)
Unshô Ishizuka
Rodriguez
Yuki Kaida
Woman
Taeko Kawata
Guilietta
Megumi Matsushita
Fiolina Peppino
Aya Nagasaki
Juana
Taeko Nakanishi
Abbot
Kazuhiko Nishimatsu
Fosco
Terue Nunami
Bernada
Ken'ichi Ogata
Leonardo
Maya Okamoto
Conchetta Peppino
Ai Satô
Gina
Hiroomi Sugino
Fishmonger
Hiromitsu Suzuki
Giorgio
Hiroki Takahashi
Pickpocket
Nobuyuki Tanaka
Tonio Rossi
Ryôko Tanaka
Woman
Keaton Yamada
Mequinez / Butler (voice)
Masato Yamanouchi
Federico
Yûsaku Yara
Lombardini

Produced by

Juichi Motohashi
executive producer
Junzô Nakajima
producer
Shoji Sato
planner
Yutaka Shintô
executive producer
Shunji Soga
planner
Matsumi Tanaka
producer
Tsuyoshi Yoshida
producer
Hajime Yuki
executive producer

Music by

Tarô Iwashiro

Cinematography by

Seiichi Morishita

Editing by

Shin'ichi Natori
(as Shinichi Natori)

Art Direction by

Shôhei Kawamoto

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Takeyuki Sadohara
unit director

Art Department

Akiko Koyama
color key
Kôichi Kudô
assistant art director
Warren Nan
key art designer
Agung Oka
assistant art director
Ichirô Takase
key art coordinator
Xiao Yong Tan
illustrator

Sound Department

Masakatsu Aida
sound producer: Onkyô Eizô System
Masatoshi Aoki
recording staff: Tact Studio
Tsutomu Asakura
recording staff: Tokyo TV Center
Sadayoshi Fujino
sound director
Atsushi Harada
sound effects editor: Fizz Sound
Nagayoshi Higashibara
recording staff: Tokyo TV Center
Ryûichi Katô
recording staff: Tact Studio
Hideaki Kizawa
recording staff: Tact Studio
Minoru Koike
recording staff: Tokyo TV Center
Akihiko Matsuda
sound effects editor: Fizz Sound
Kohei Oishi
recording staff: Tact Studio
Tetsuo Ono
sound producer: Onkyô Eizô System
Chiaki Satô
sound mixer

Special Effects by

Tomoji Hashizume
special effects
Masao Yoshiyama
special effects

Visual Effects by

Shunsuke Fujita
cg animator: Omnibus Japan
Hiroshi Hayakawa
production manager: Nippon Computer Arts
Kazumi Hiruma
cg director: Omnibus Japan
Hiroki Kobayashi
digital painter: Nippon Computer Arts
Naoya Makita
digital painter: Nippon Computer Arts
Yuki Masuda
digital painter: Omnibus Japan
Sawa Matsui
digital painter: Omnibus Japan
Daisuke Satô
production manager: Omnibus Japan
Naoki Satô
technical director: Omnibus Japan
Kunio Takeuchi
cg title creation: Nippon Computer Arts / digital painter: Nippon Computer Arts
Akatsuki Watabe
cg animator: Omnibus Japan
Yasuhito Watanabe
digital painter: Nippon Computer Arts

Camera and Electrical Department

Kôji Aoki
camera operator: Studio Twinkle (as Koji Aoki)
Satoshi Fujita
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Shin'ichi Igarashi
camera operator: Studio Twinkle (as Shinichi Igarashi)
Masayuki Iwata
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Katsuaki Kamata
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Tatsuya Kikuchi
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Yôhei Konishi
camera operator: Studio Twinkle (as Yohei Konishi)
Satoshi Morimoto
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Seiichi Morishita
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Hitoshi Saitô
camera operator: Studio Twinkle (as Hitoshi Saito)
Kenji Takehara
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Misaki Tôma
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Tomomi Yokota
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Katsutoshi Ôi
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Tadashi Ôno
camera operator: Studio Twinkle
Katsumi Ôta
camera operator: Studio Twinkle (as Katsumi Ota)

Animation Department

Noriko Arisawa
cel painter
Ngurah Artana
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Yumi Asano
cel painter
Qing Qin Chen
cel painter: Jade Animation
Yasuhiro Endô
key animator (as Yasuhiro Endo)
Yûji Hamano
key animator
Yukiyoshi Hane
key animator
Kazutaka Hara
key animator
Chie Harai
cel painter: Studio Killy
Keiko Hayashi
cel painter: Studio Robin
Kazunobu Hoshi
key animator
Takahiro Hosoki
inbetween artist
Shi Hong Huang
cel painter: Jade Animation
Xieo Feng Huang
inbetween artist: Jade Animation
Niao Yuan Hupeng
inbetween artist: Jade Animation
Michiko Igarashi
key animator
Hiromi Iida
inbetween artist
Junko Ikeda
key animator
Tazuko Ikeda
inbetween artist
Atsushi Irie
key animator
Satoru Iriyoshi
key animator
Shûichi Ishibashi
background artist: Atelier Rourke (as Shuichi Ishibashi)
Kaori Ishikawa
cel painter: Studio Killy
Masakazu Ishikawa
inbetween artist: OH Production
Tetsuya Ishikawa
key animator
Kazuya Ishizaki
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Tomoko Isomura
key animator
Kôyô Itô
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Toshiko Iwakiri
cel painter: Studio Killy
Kiyoe Iwasaki
key animator
Masahiro Kase
key animator
Yûko Katô
inbetween artist: Anime House (as Yuko Kato)
Masaaki Kawaguchi
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Ken Kawai
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Megumi Kawakami
inbetween artist: OH Production
Hiroki Kawazoe
key animator
Takeo Kitahara
key animator
Kenji Kodama
key animator
Tomoko Komatsubara
assistant color designer/cel checker
Hajime Komoritani
cel painter
Tsuyoshi Konakawa
key animator
Yôichi Kotabe
original character designer
Shirô Kudaka
key animator
Yôichi Kunii
cel painter
Kazuo Kuwahara
cel painter: Studio Robin
Bi Ying Li
cel painter: Jade Animation
Hong Dong Li
cel painter: Jade Animation
Kazuko Maejima
key animator
Chiyoko Maemuta
cel painter: Studio Robin
Ren Shuang Mao
inbetween artist: Jade Animation
Kenji Mizuhata
key animator
Yoshimi Mogi
cel painter
Toshio Mori
key animator
Satsuki Muramatsu
inbetween artist: Studio Cockpit
Reiko Nagumo
inbetween checker
Toshiko Nakagawa
inbetween artist
Atsuko Narumi
inbetween artist
Mami Nirei
cel painter: Studio Robin
Makiko Nishidate
cel painter
Takayo Nishimura
key animator
Haruko Nobori
cel painter: Studio Robin
Yasuhiro Noda
key animator
Nobuo Numai
background artist: Atelier Rourke (as Noburo Numai)
Hiroyuki Oka
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Takao Ozone
key animator
Yôko Ozone
inbetween artist (as Yoko Ozone)
Toshitsugu Saida
character designer/animation director / key animator
Nobuko Sakai
inbetween artist
Hisashi Samejima
inbetween artist
Mayumi Satô
cel painter
Ken Sekiai
inbetween artist
Atsushi Sekiguchi
key animator (as Jun Sekiguchi)
Miki Shimada
cel painter: Studio Robin
Tomoko Shimizu
inbetween artist: Anime House
Ken Shintani
key animator
Reiko Sunaga
inbetween artist
Made Surata
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Wayan Sutara
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Akiko Suzuki
cel painter: Studio Robin
Makiko Suzuki
cel painter
Fumiko Taira
cel painter: Studio Killy
Sayuri Takagi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Noriko Takahashi
inbetween artist: Anime R
Masamichi Takano
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Hiroshi Takiguchi
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Mitsuo Tano
key animator
Hiroko Todo
inbetween artist
Noriko Tokue
inbetween artist
Ken Tokushige
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Hiromi Tsuchiya
cel painter: Studio Killy
Sayuri Tsuruyama
inbetween artist
Nao Tsutsumi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Fumiko Ueda
inbetween artist: Anime R
Chinatsu Ueno
inbetween artist: Studio Cockpit (as Chika Ueno)
Toshie Ui
cel painter: Studio Killy
Kazuo Ushigoe
inbetween artist
Noriyo Ushigoe
inbetween artist
Yûko Watabe
key animator
Nobuko Watanabe
cel painter: Studio Killy
Ngurah Winaya
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Nyoman Wirta
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Shenyuan Xu
inbetween artist: Jade Animation
Kaori Yajima
cel painter: Studio Killy
Mayumi Yamamoto
inbetween artist
Aki Yamazaki
cel painter: Studio Robin
Utako Yamazaki
key animator
Noritoshi Yoshizawa
inbetween artist: OH Production
Shin Ôba
inbetween checker

Casting Department

Kimiko Taira
casting

Editorial Department

Taeko Hamauzu
assistant editor
Hiroaki Hirabayashi
color timer
Hidetoshi Kadoono
negative cutter
Kazuho Nakano
assistant editor
Keiko Oide
film coordinator
Masao Shibata
optical effects
Hideo Tsuji
digital film i/o

Music Department

Paul Freeman
music recording: Los Angeles
Yoshitaka Hori
music production assistance: Horipro
Takahiko Kodaka
music coordinator: Tokyo
Shigeyuki Onodera
music producer
Al Schmitt
music recording: Los Angeles
Emi L Tago
music coordinator: Los Angeles (as Emi Tago)
Masanori Tamura
music recording: Tokyo

Additional Crew

Ai Aoyama
production assistant
Ikuya Ban
member: Marco Production Committee
Nozomi Fukuda
advertising: Major
Yûichirô Hanawa
member: Marco Production Committee
Tadashi Hoshino
member: Marco Production Committee
Keisuke Iida
advertising
Hideki Iwasaki
production desk
Yoshihiro Iwasaki
advertising
Noriko Kaga
member: Marco Production Committee
Michiyo Koyanagi
advertising: Major
Mitsuhiko Nishizaki
member: Marco Production Committee
Naoto Okamura
advertising: Major
Masayoshi Orita
member: Marco Production Committee
Margarita Palavecino de Kawaguchi
location scouting assistance
Matilde Palavecino
location scouting assistance
Fumiyo Sasada
advertising: Major
Yasushi Takasaki
member: Marco Production Committee
Masaru Tsuchiya
advertising: Major
Chihiro Tsukue
advertising: Major
Morikazu Wakizaka
advertising: Major
Masahiro Yamanaka
advertising
Naoko Yoshida
advertising
Katsuhiko Ôizumi
member: Marco Production Committee
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