Film
Makoto-chan
Japan- Director
- Tsutomu Shibayama
- Year
- 1980
A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto strives to receive the title of his school's "Best Child" award, resulting in chaos and misunderstandings wherever he goes.
Top cast
Junji Chiba
Old Man (voice)
Takeshi Kitano
Beat Kiyoshi
Kazuko Sugiyama
Makoto (voice)
Kazuo Umezu
Rihoko Yoshida
Mika (voice)
Noriko Ohara
Mom (voice)
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Dad (voice)
Junko Hori
Monta (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Makoto-Mushi (voice)
Kimie Nakajima
Old Woman (voice)
Mari Okamoto
Tomoko (voice)
Yumi Mizusawa
Ms. Hanako (voice)
Akio Nojima
Eiko Yamada
Ichirô Murakoshi
Kazuya Tatekabe
Kazuyo Aoki
Directed by
Tsutomu Shibayama
Written by
Tomoko Konparu, Masaki Tsuji, Noboru Shiroyama, Tsunehisa Ito
Produced by
Tetsuo Katayama
