Mar 05, 2011
25 min
Full-HD

Grandfather's Lamp (2011)

A boy finds a strange object while playing hide-and-seek. His grandfather tells him the story of his own youth, and the important role the old lamp played. This story is about the modernization of Japan and the changes that came with it.

Category

Drama Animation History

Country

Japan

Companies

Telecom Animation Film

Hiroshi Kamiya

巳之助 (voice)

Risa Shimizu

セツ (voice)

Yuzuru Fujimoto

巳之助 - 老年期 (voice)

Tomo Saeki

巳之助 - 13歳 (voice)

Kazuaki Ito

区長 (voice)

Ikuko Tani

万屋の婆さん (voice)

Mitsuru Ogata

ランプ屋の主人 (voice)

Mana Hirata

東一 (voice)

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