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Release Date:
November 5, 2008
Original Title:
パッテンライ!! 〜南の島の水ものがたり〜
Alternate Titles:
Batain Lai!! Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari
Genres:
Animation | Drama | History
Production Companies:
GONZO
Mushi Production
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
The film is based on the true story of Yoichi Hatta (1886-1942), a civil engineer who traveled to Japanese-ruled Taiwan in 1910 to build a complex irrigation system in the barren southwest. Hatta manages to overcome the initial doubts of local farmers, but a tragic tunnel accident eventually halts the project and shakes his confidence.
Animation Director:
Aki Yamagata
Kazuo Iimura
Art Direction:
Mitsuki Nakamura
Assistant Director:
Akira Mano
CGI Director:
Hidemitsu Shiono
Character Designer:
Kazuo Iimura
Director:
Noboru Ishiguro
Director of Photography:
Toshiaki Yamaguchi
Editor:
Yumiko Nakaba
Toshihiko Kojima
Executive Producer:
Satoshi Itō
Music:
Reijirō Koroku
Producer:
Toshiyuki Morii
Recording Supervision:
Ryo Narikiyo
Screenplay:
Toshiyuki Tabe
Sound Director:
Katsunori Shimizu
Sound Effects:
Shouji Katou
Toru Noguchi
Tsutomu Sukigara
Special Effects:
Kuniharu Okano
Aya Mori
Storyboard:
Noboru Ishiguro
Theme Song Performance:
Yo Hitoto
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