Giovanni's Island

(2014)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 116 votes

Genres: Animation, Drama, History

Year: 2014

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 西久保瑞穂

Cast: Масачика Ичимура, 仲間由紀恵, Канако Янагихара, 中山裕介, Kota Yokoyama, 谷合純矢, 北島三郎, 犬塚弘, 八千草薫, Тацуя Накадай

Plot

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.