The Day I Bought a Star
The Day I Bought a Star

Information

Release DateJanuary 3, 2006
Runtime16m
StatusReleased
ProductionStudio Ghibli
LanguagesJapanese
7.8
14 votes
Popularity2

The Day I Bought a Star

Synopsis

The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

Cast & Crew

Director

Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki

Featured Cast

Genzō Wakayama

Genzō Wakayama

Scopello (Voice)

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

Maykinso (Voice)

Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Ninya (Voice)

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Nona (Voice)

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