Japan Release: 2012
Running Time: 117 minutes

Wolf Children

Japanese Title

おおかみこどもの雨と雪
[Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki]

Distributor: Production:

Toho
Toho / Studio Chizu / NTV / Kadokawa / VAP / Madhouse / Dentsu / D.N. Dream Partners

Nineteen year-old, college student Hana falls in love with a mysterious man who eventually turns out to be a literal wolf man. Undeterred, the two have a continued relationship and Hana gives birth to two "wolf children": Yuki and Ame. The family lives in secret, hiding their supernatural background, until the wolf man dies suddenly, resulting in Hana moving away to a rural town to escape the city life...

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Titles
International Title -	Initial US Title Wolf Children US Distributor: Gkids (2013) / Time: 117 minutes
Alternate Titles
The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki [Literal translation]

Staff

Cast

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Writing credits Mamoru Hosoda, Satoko Okudera
Produced by Takafumi Watanabe, Takuya Ito, Yuichiro Saito, Seiji Okuda
Music by Masakatsu Takagi
Film Editing by Shigeru Nishiyama
Production Design by Hiroshi Ohno

Hana Aoi Miyazaki
Wolf Man Takao Osawa
Ame (Child) Amon Kabe
Ame Yukito Nishii
Yuki (Child) Momoka Ono
Yuki Haru Kuroki
Sohei Takuma Hiraoka
Nirasaki Bunta Sugawara
Horita's Wife Kumiko Aso
Sohei's Mother Megumi Hayashibara
Doi's Wife Mitsuki Tanimura
Tanabe-sensei Shouta Sometani
Hosogawa Tadashi Nakamura
Yamaoka Tamio Ohki
Old Woman of Nirasaki Tomie Kataoka

Posters

Box Office

Release Date: July 21st, 2012 (Japan)
Opening Weekend: ¥360,372,690 / $4,592,490 (Japan, 381 Screens)
Total: ¥4,220,000,000 / $54,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)

DVDs and Blu-rays

Region 2 The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki Bop (2013)

Background and Trivia

This movie had its premiere in France on June 25th, 2012, which was about a month before it released in Japan.

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