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Weird Volunteers (1993)

Original title: へんてこな ボランティア

1993-01-01 · 46m · JA
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A film produced and paid for by Kitakyushu City's Board of Education and Council for the Promotion of Outcast Issue Awareness. The story follows two second-year junior high girls who discover an old lady collapsed outside her home in rural Japan. After assisting her back inside, the two hear the old lady's harrowing life story and discover that she is illiterate. Shocked by this, the girls vow to volunteer their time to teach the old woman to read and write each day.

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Kimio YabukiDirector, Writer

Top billed cast

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Hisako KyodaHisako KyodaYone Baachan (voice)Hikaru MidorikawaHikaru MidorikawaMakio Kato (voice)Hirohiko KakegawaHirohiko KakegawaKatsuta Sensei (voice)Megumi UrawaMegumi UrawaMiyuki Kawaguchi (voice)Shinichiro OhtaShinichiro OhtaIchiro Yamada (voice)Yōko TeppōzukaYōko TeppōzukaFumie Nakamura (voice)Akiko SekineAkiko SekineYone's Mother (voice)Atsushi KisaichiAtsushi KisaichiFollower B (voice)Daisuke SakaguchiDaisuke SakaguchiFollower A (voice)Ichiro NagaiIchiro NagaiYoichi Yamamoto (voice)Masaharu SatoMasaharu SatoYone's Father (voice)Yuko NagashimaYuko NagashimaYuka Inoue (voice)

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Genre affinityAnimationVisual styleAnimationPacingShortDirector preference430974Actor preference153171 · 51178 · 261699Country preferenceJp

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Frequently asked questions about Weird Volunteers

What is Weird Volunteers about?

A film produced and paid for by Kitakyushu City's Board of Education and Council for the Promotion of Outcast Issue Awareness. The story follows two second-year junior high girls who discover an old lady collapsed outside her home in rural Japan. After assisting her back inside, the two hear the old lady's harrowing life story and discover that she is illiterate. Shocked by this, the girls vow to volunteer their time to teach the old woman to read and write each day.

How long is Weird Volunteers?

Weird Volunteers has a runtime of 46 minutes.