Kiki's Delivery Service
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Profile
- Movie: Kiki's Delivery Service
- Romaji: Majo no takkyûbin
- Japanese: 魔女の宅急便
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Writer: Hayao Miyazaki, Eiko Kadono (novel)
- Producer: Hayao Miyazaki
- Cinematography: Shigeo Sugimura
- Release Date: July 29, 1989
- Runtime: 112 min.
- Studio: Studio Ghibli
- Distributor: Toei
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
"Kiki's Delivery Service" is about a 13-year-old witch who leaves home to begin her solo training in the trade of witchcraft is an enchanting and inspiring tale that teaches the lesson that you can do anything if you believe in yourself. Young Kiki takes to the sky atop her broom and says goodbye to her friends and family as she must search for a new town where she can settle and learn how to be a witch on her own. A tradition amongst all witches that signifies their passage into adulthood. She lands in a bustling city with her best friend Jiji (her black cat, of course) and starts her new life, but is it as easy as she thinks it is?
Voice Actors
- Minami Takayama - Kiki / Ursula
- Rei Sakuma - Jiji
- Kappei Yamaguchi - Tombo
- Keiko Toda - Osono
- Mieko Nobusawa - Kokiri, Kiki no haha (Kiki's mummy)
- Koichi Miura - Okino, Kiki no chichi (Kiki's daddy)
- Haruko Kato - Rô-fujin (Madame)
- Hiroko Seki - Barsa (Bertha)
- Yuriko Fuchizaki - Ketto
- Koichi Yamadera - Bakery worker, policeman
- Kikuko Inoue - Beautiful designer girl
- Yuko Kobayashi - Young sempai witch
- Mika Doi - Ketto's mother
- Takaya Hashi - Ketto's father
- Chika Sakamoto - Baby
Trailer
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Film Festivals
- 2010 (5th) International Rome Film Festival - October 28-November 5, 2010 - Focus - Retrospettiva Studio Ghibli
