Summary Marco and his family live in Genoa, Italy, a poor town where many local Italians went to work overseas. Marco's mother, Anna, is among one of them. Initially, Anna keeps writing back home while working in Argentina, but one day, the letters stopped. The boy then decides to search for his mother. Despite the journey's difficulties, Marco heads off into Argentina's interior, to meet his mother, who as the boy's bad luck would have to see his mother on her deathbed... View more details
Directed : Kôzô Kusuba
Written : Kazuo Fukazawa Edmondo De Amicis
Stars : Chieko Higuchi Takayuki Sugô Osami Nabe Rumi Sakakibara
Genres : Adventure Drama Animation
Release date : Apr 2, 1999
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Shochiku Nippon Animation Co. Mitsui Bussan
Summary Marco and his family live in Genoa, Italy, a poor town where many local Italians went to work overseas. Marco's mother, Anna, is among one of them. Initially, Anna keeps writing back home while working in Argentina, but one day, the letters stopped. The boy then decides to search for his mother. Despite the journey's difficulties, Marco heads off into Argentina's interior, to meet his mother, who as the boy's bad luck would have to see his mother on her deathbed... View more details
Genres : Adventure Drama Animation
Release date : Apr 2, 1999
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Shochiku Nippon Animation Co. Mitsui Bussan