Director: Hara Keiichi
Original story: Kogure Masao
Screenplay: Hara Keiichi
Cinematographer: Yanai Koichi
Colorist: Nonaka Sachiko
Music: Wakakusa Kei
Cast.: Tomizawa Kazato, Yokokawa T., Tanaka Naoki, Nishida Naomi, Matsumoto T., Nagira Kenichi
Production: Shin-Ei Animation
Distribution:
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Year: 2007
Screening: 2013
35 mm, Color, 136 min,
OV Japanese with French subtitles
Koîchi, a young pupil in his fourth year of primary education, discovers a strange stone in a dried up riverbed and brings it back home. When he decides to wash his precious trophy, a strange animal comes out. What a surprise! This is a kappa, a water spirit, an important figure in the Japanese folklore. Koîchi’s family decides to name this kappa ‘Coo’ and to take care of it. But the rumor about Coo goes around and it soon becomes the main topic in the city. Concerned not to bother Koîchi’s family, Coo decides to leave. This is the beginning of Coo’s adventures in search of other kappa…
« A fragrance of grass, sun rays through the branches of a tree, your best friend and a blazing sky which make you feel like crying. This eternal, simple and powerful theme of ‘a young boy spending an unforgettable summer day” is perfectly shaped by Keiichi Hara. I cannot help feeling jealous for this pure marvel!” Hosoda Mamoru
“It does not matter if you are surrounded by enemies in this world, as long as you have a single person who understands you. » Hara Keiichi