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74% Critic Match
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
7.4 / 10• 1980• 1h 47m•NR• Japanese
AnimationAdventure
Storyline
A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family letters, but soon the messages stop coming, which worries Marco and sets him off on an epic quest to find her.
Cast & Crew
Yoshiko Matsuo
Marco (voice)
LeadYN
Yukiko Nikaido
Anna, Marco's Mother (voice)
Kiyoshi Kawakubo
Marco's Father (voice)
Mieko Nobusawa
Fiorina (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Isao Takahata's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
