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The Legend of Marine Snow

The Legend of Marine Snow

19806.01h 34m

Overview

This little-known and poorly documented Leiji Matsumoto TV movie, tells the story of the revolution of the people of the ocean which are being invaded by the humans from the surface.

Directed by Leiji Matsumoto
Written by Keisuke Fujikawa, Leiji Matsumoto
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Top Cast

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Yoko Asagami

Yoko Asagami

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

Toshiko Fujita

Toshiko Fujita

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Ryuji Saikachi

Ryuji Saikachi

Banjo Ginga

Banjo Ginga

Koji Yada

Koji Yada

Chiyoko Kawashima

Chiyoko Kawashima

Themes & Keywords

specialanimeouter space

About The Legend of Marine Snow

The Legend of Marine Snow is a animation, drama, science fiction, tv movie film released in 1980 exploring themes of special, anime, outer space. Directed by Leiji Matsumoto, it stars Toru Furuya, Yoko Asagami, Hideyuki Tanaka. This little-known and poorly documented Leiji Matsumoto TV movie, tells the story of the revolution of the people of the ocean which are being invaded by the humans from the surface.

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