The Whale Hunt

The Whale Hunt

2001•16m•7.2/10

Animation

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(5)

Kujiratori tells the story of school children pretending they are building a boat. As imagination replaces reality, they find themselves on the ocean, hunting for a whale. A big, gentle whale appears, accompanies them back to land and plays with them. Then the fantasy ends and the children are back in their class room.

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Production

Studio Ghibli

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Yoshiaki Hakamada

(Voice)

Hiroki Ise

(Voice)

Keito Ishihara

(Voice)

Mao Onodera

(Voice)

Yuta Sasaki

(Voice)

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