Twelve Months (1980)

6.9/10 65 min Fantasy Animation Adventure Family

Overview

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.

Cast

Shinobu Otake

Anja (voice)

Ai Kanzaki

Queen (voice)

Tokuko Sugiyama

Stepmother (voice)

Mariko Mukai

Stepmother's daughter (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Professor (voice)

Masashi Amenomori

Prime Minister (voice)

Daisuke Ryū

Officer (voice)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

January (voice)

Katsuji Mori

April (voice)

Koji Yakusho

Young soldier (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

Additional voice

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