- Twelve Months (1980 film)
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For the 1956 Soviet animated film, see The Twelve Months (1956 film).
Twelve Months 
PosterDirected by Kimio Yabuki Written by Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (story)
Kimio YabukiMusic by Vladimir Ivanovich Krivtsov Release date(s) March 15, 1980 (Japan) Running time 65 minutes Country Japan
Soviet UnionTwelve Months (世界名作童話 森は生きている Sekai Meisaku Douwa Mori wa Ikiteiru, Russian: Двенадцать месяцев, Dvenadtsat mesyatsev) is a 1980 animated feature film directed by Kimio Yabuki, produced by Toei Animation from Japan in partnership with Soyuzmultfilm from the Soviet Union. It was based on the fairy tale of the same name written by Samuil Marshak. The music was composed by Vladimir Ivanovich Krivtsov (Владимир Иванович Кривцов) and performed by the National Leningrad Philharmonic under the direction of A. S. Dmitriev.
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Plot synopsis
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.[1]
Original cast
- Anja - Shinobu Ōtake.
- Queen - Ai Kanzaki.
- Stepmother - Tokuko Sugiyama.
- Stepmother's daughter - Mariko Mukai.
- Professor - Ichirō Nagai.
- Prime Minister - Masashi Amenomori.
- Officer - Daisuke Ryu.
- January - Kiyoshi Kobayashi.
- April - Katsuji Mori.
- Soldier - Masato Yamanouchi.
- Young soldier - Kôji Yakusho.
- Additional voice - Hidekatsu Shibata.
See also
- List of animated feature films
References
- ^ "Twelve Months > Overview". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/twelve-months-51291. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
External links
- Twelve Months at the Internet Movie Database (some info is incorrect)
- Sekai Meisaku Douwa (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Знаменитые сказки мира: Двенадцать месяцев (Russian)
Tōei Dōga theatrical features 1950s Hakujaden (1958) · Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke (1959)1960s Saiyūki (1960) · Anju to Zushiō Maru (1961) · Arabian Nights: Sinbad no Bōken (1962) · Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji (1963) · Wanwan Chūshingura (1963) · Gulliver no Uchū Ryokō (1965) · Cyborg 009 (1966) · Shōnen Jakku to Mahōtsukai (1967) · Cyborg 009: Kaijū Sensō (1967) · Hyokkori Hyōtanjima (1967) · Andersen Monogatari (1968) · Taiyō no Ōji: Hols no Daibōken (1968) · Nagagutsu o Haita Neko (1969) · Soratobu Yūreisen (1969)1970s Chibikko Rémi to Meiken Capi (1970) · Kaitei San-man Mile (1970) · Dōbutsu Takarajima (1971) · Ali Baba to Yonjū-ppiki no Tōzoku (1971) · Nagagutsu Sanjūshi (1972) · Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo! (1972) · Panda no Daibōken (1973) · D51 no Daibōken: Kikansha Yaemon (1974) · Andersen Dōwa: Ningyo-Hime (1975) · Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Hachijū Nichi-kan Sekaiisshū (1976) · Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Hakuchō no Ōji (1977) · Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Oyayubi-Hime (1978) · Tatsu no Ko Tarō (1979)1980s Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Mori wa Ikite iru (1980) · Terra e… (1980) · Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Hakuchō no Mizūmi (1981) · Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Aladdin to Mahō no Lamp (1982) · Manga Aesop Monogatari (1983)1990s Rokudenashi Blues 1993 (1993) · Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo (1996)Not including spin-offs of prior animated television productions nor Madhouse-animated features produced by TōeiCategories:- Japanese films
- Soviet films
- Toei Animation
- Toei Company films
- 1980 films
- 1980 in the Soviet Union
- Anime films
- Anime of 1980
- Films based on fairy tales
- Films based on Russian folklore
- Soviet animated films
- Fantasy anime and manga
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