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3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

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Overview

Italy is in a deep depression, so to support her family, Marco's mother goes to Argentina to work as a domestic. But after she writes to her family that she is sick, her letters stop coming. So Marco decides to go to Argentina to look for her. He travels across Argentina to find her, meeting many wonderful people, and having many adventures during his journey.

Created by Koichi Motohashi
Written by Edmondo De Amicis, Kazuo Fukazawa
Produced by Takaji Matsudo, Junzō Nakajima
NetworksTokyo Channel 12

Top Cast

Yoshiko Matsuo

Yoshiko Matsuo

Marco Rossi (voice)

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Tonio Rossi (voice)

Yukiko Nikaido

Yukiko Nikaido

Anna Rossi (voice)

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Pietro Rossi (voice)

Akiko Tsuboi

Akiko Tsuboi

Narrator (voice)

Noriko Ohara

Noriko Ohara

Concetta (voice)

Mie Azuma

Mie Azuma

Pablo (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Peppino (voice)

Mieko Nobusawa

Mieko Nobusawa

Fiorina (voice)

Akio Nojima

Akio Nojima

Rocky (voice)

Themes & Keywords

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About 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother is a animation, action & adventure, drama, family series that first aired in 1976 exploring themes of based on novel or book, andes mountains, mother child separation, anime, search for mother, traveling. Created by Koichi Motohashi, it stars Yoshiko Matsuo, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yukiko Nikaido. Italy is in a deep depression, so to support her family, Marco's mother goes to Argentina to work as a domestic. But after she writes to her family that she is sick, her letters stop coming. So Marco decides to go to Argentina to look for her. He travels across Argentina to find her, meeting many wonderful people, and having many adventures during his journey.

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