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69% Critic Match
Twelve Months
6.9 / 10• 1980• 1h 5m•NR• Japanese
FantasyAnimationAdventureFamily
Storyline
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 & Crew
Shinobu Otake
Anja (voice)
Lead
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)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kimio Yabuki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Twelve Months is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
