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Thumbelina

Thumbelina

19786.21h 3m

Overview

A tiny girl, only as long as a man's thumb, is born to a childless woman, abducted by frogs who want her to marry their son, but escaping instead (with the help of a bumblebee) to find a real prince without having to kiss the frog first.

Directed by Yugo Serikawa
Written by Ikuko Ōyabu, Hans Christian Andersen
Produced by Saburô Yokoi
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Top Cast

Kazuko Sugiyama

Kazuko Sugiyama

Thumbelina (voice)

Mariko Miyagi

Mariko Miyagi

Bunbu (voice)

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Narrator / Gekoo (voice)

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Chumi (voice)

Kosei Tomita

Kosei Tomita

Mole (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Papa Frog (voice)

Kazue Takahashi

Kazue Takahashi

Mama Frog (voice)

Noriko Ohara

Noriko Ohara

Prince (voice)

Themes & Keywords

love at first sightfablethumbelinaanimecomic reliefflower child

About Thumbelina

Thumbelina is a animation, family, fantasy, romance film released in 1978 exploring themes of love at first sight, fable, thumbelina, anime, comic relief, flower child. Directed by Yugo Serikawa, it stars Kazuko Sugiyama, Mariko Miyagi, Kyôko Kishida. A tiny girl, only as long as a man's thumb, is born to a childless woman, abducted by frogs who want her to marry their son, but escaping instead (with the help of a bumblebee) to find a real prince without having to kiss the frog first.

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