Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...
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One of Japan's most renowned baseball pros, Takenori Emoto of the Hanshin Tigers, relates humorous anecdotes from his own career and the game in general. Based on his novel of the same name and its sequel.
高知へ向け、愛車とともにフェリーに乗り込んだ桃次郎とジョナサン。船上で桃次郎は地方回りの歌手・結花と知り合い、またもや一目惚れしてしまう。だが高知に着いた矢先、ジョナサンが目をくらませ、急きょ入院することに。もう運転ができないと悲観したジョナサンは足摺岬から身を投げようとするが、近くの食堂で働く風美子に助けられる。桃次郎は、病弱な母の面倒を見ながら働くけなげな風美子に性懲りもなく一目惚れする。
Viking Wiseman (voice)
Based off of the novel, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and the ballet, "The Nutcracker", Sanrio shows their take on the classic story in a stop-motion animated film.
