Tistou the Green Thumb (1990) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 4, 1990

Original Title:
チスト みどりのおやゆび

Alternate Titles:
Tistou - A zöld hüvelykujjak
Tistou Midori no Oyayubi
Tistou les pouces verts
Tistou of the Green Fingers
Tistou of the Green Thumbs
Zöldujjú Tistou
チスト みどりのおやゆび

Genres:
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy

Production Companies:
Association for the Promotion of the Japanese Cinema
Dax International
Production I.G
Shigoto Film Production

Production Countries:
France | Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 74

When eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school after being unable to stop falling asleep at lessons, his father decides that he will continue his education by learning from observation of real life, and where better to start than in the garden! With the gardener Mr. Moustache, Tistou discovers he has a remarkable gift—the green thumbs: everything he touches grows into beautiful plants. His next lesson is with the stern Mr. Turnbull, manager of his father's armament factory who takes Tistou to visit the town to learn about "order." Over the course of the next few days Tistou learns many new things as he visits the town prison, the slums, and the hospital, and everywhere he tries to change the world into a better place with his new extraordinary power. Finally, he learns about war, and upon visiting his father's factory, he finds out that they supply the two countries at war with their weapons...

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Animation Director:
Kazuchika Kise

Art Direction:
Shichiro Kobayashi

Assistant Director:
Norifumi Yoshida

Creator:
Maurice Druon

Director:
Yuji Tanno

Editor:
Michio Okada

Music:
Jean Michel Elbe

Music Producer:
Marc Verriere

Producer:
Seiji Matsuki
Hirofumi Koike

Screenplay:
Ryuu Tachihara

Script:
Ryuu Tachihara

Writer:
Maurice Druon

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