The Day I Bought a Star

The Day I Bought a Star

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2006-01-03

The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

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The Day I Bought a Star

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The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

Released

2006-01-03

Runtime

16

Director

Hayao Miyazaki

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Animation

Fantasy

Language

日本語

Production

Studio Ghibli

Casts

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    Genzō Wakayama

    若山弦蔵
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    Yo Oizumi

    大泉洋
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    Kyoka Suzuki

    Kyoka Suzuki
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    Ryunosuke Kamiki

    神木隆之介