Helen the Baby Fox | |
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Directed by | Keita Kono |
Screenplay by | Masako Imai |
Story by | Minoru Taketazu (Memories of Helen the Fox) |
Produced by | Takeo Hisamatsu |
Starring | Takao Osawa, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Arashi Fukasawa, Ryoko Kobayashi |
Cinematography | Takeshi Hamada |
Edited by | Takuya Taguchi |
Music by | Yukie Nishimura |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | US$1,455,806[1] |
Helen the Baby Fox (子ぎつねヘレン, Kogitsune Heren) is a 2006 Japanese film. It was directed by director Keita Kono,[2] and stars actors Takao Osawa, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Arashi Fukasawa and Ryoko Kobayashi in lead roles.[2] It was released in Japanese cinemas on 18 March 2006.[2]
Helen the Baby Fox tells the story of Taichi and a fox cub, whom Taichi found by the side of the road. The cub is blind, deaf and mute and Taichi names it Helen, after Helen Keller who suffers from similar disabilities. They faced much skepticism and criticism from the people around them, and difficulties stemming from Helen's physical disabilities.