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Helen the Baby Fox is a japonais film of genre Drama with Takao Ōsawa
Helen the Baby Fox (2006)
Kogitsune Heren
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Add to a movie listLength 1h45
OriginJapon
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about families, Films about foxes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Rating67%
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, and stars actors Takao Osawa, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Arashi Fukasawa and Ryoko Kobayashi in lead roles. It was released in Japanese cinemas on 18 March 2006.
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.
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Leaving school for the day, seven-year-old Taichi finds a baby fox, abandoned by its mother alongside a road in rural Hokkaido. The two bond and Taichi decides to leave the fox with the police as a lost item. The policeman on duty takes a reluctant Taichi and the fox to the local Yajima Veterinary Clinic. It turns out that Taichi has begun to live with Ko, the vet, and his teenage daughter Misuzu after his free-spirited mother Ritsuko has gone to Micronesia to work as a photographer. Many people have abandoned animals with Ko, and paying customers are few with most of his income coming from frequently boarding a friendly dog that is almost part of the family. Taichi feels abandoned as well, and clashes with Ko when the vet sees the new arrival as a burden, especially after discovering that the fox is deaf and blind. However, Taichi names it Helen after Helen Keller and attempts to bring her back to full health while teaching her about the world as sort of a young Annie Sullivan. Even though Taichi gets her to eat, Helen suffers increasing fits stemming from her brain, which is the result of a tumor.Actors
Takao Ōsawa
(Koji Yajima)
Ryoko Kobayashi
(Misuzu Yajima (矢島美鈴))
Yasuko Matsuyuki
(Ritsuko Ogawara)
Shunji Fujimura
(Professor Uehara)
Hideko Yoshida
(an old woman)
Sadao Abe
(Police)
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