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The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku

The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku

Part of 24 Hour Television Specials

1989•1h 9m•6.3/10
Animation

Ratings

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6.3/10(3)

A semi-autobiography of Tezuka Osamu combined with a 30 minute science-fiction setting of Journey to the West.

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Production

Tezuka Productions

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Toshiko Fujita

Toshiko Fujita

Rasetsu-jo / Princess Iron Fan (voice)

Kunikazu Ishii

Osamu Tezuka (voice)

Hiroshi Masuoka

Hiroshi Masuoka

Sa Gojo (voice)

Toku Nishio

Cho Hakkai (voice)

Mari Shimizu

Mari Shimizu

Mother (voice)

Kaneto Shiozawa

Kaneto Shiozawa

Sanzo (voice)

Mayumi Tanaka

Mayumi Tanaka

Son Goku (voice)

Kosei Tomita

Kosei Tomita

Higeoyaji (voice)

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Wan Laiming (voice)

Kyoji Kobayashi

Kyoji Kobayashi

Adult Osamu Tezuka (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kusao

Osamu Tezuka (Teen, voice)

Kenji Utsumi

Kenji Utsumi

Bull Demon King (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Lula / Kyoko Okamoto (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Narrator (voice)

Hisashi Katsuta

Hisashi Katsuta

(voice)

Asado Tetsuya

Asado Tetsuya

(voice)

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