Animation Drama Family Comedy
Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite in many ways. Kikuko is a string-bean of a young girl, pensive, quietly curious, and methodical in how she approaches life in this small harbor town. Nikuko embarrasses Kikuko as any mom of a preteen would, but Nikuko’s bold spirit makes her especially well-known in a town where Kikuko herself wants nothing more than to simply blend in. As Kikuko navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school, enhanced with touches of magical realism from her ever-present imagination, a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair’s tender relationship.
Directed by
Ayumu Watanabe
Natsuki Hanae
Ninomiya (voice)
Hiro Shimono
Lizard / Gecko (voice)
Riho Yoshioka
Miu (voice)
Shinobu Ôtake
Nikuko-chan (voice)
Ikuji Nakamura
Sassan (voice)
Yuichi Yasoda
Old man at the aquarium / Other characters (voice)
Atsushi Yamanishi
Zenji (voice)
Matsuko Deluxe
Darcia (voice)
Izumi Ishii
Maria (voice)
Sanma Akashiya
Kurumi Inagaki
Cocomi
Kikuko (voice)
Rena Motomura
Kanemoto (voice)
Koko Ueno
Hozumi (voice)

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