Synopsis
As the city of Edo is plunged into darkness, a man emerges from the attic of a house. It is the famous Jirokichi, nicknamed Nezumikozō (the rat), a virtuous bandit who steals from the rich to give to the people.
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Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Miyu Productions
- Foreign production company : Genco
- Film exports/foreign sales : Miyu Distribution
- Foreign distributor (short film) : Miyu Distribution
Full credits (8)
- Director of Photography : Katsuya Yamada
- Music Composer : Toshiyuki Honda
- Editors : Kazuhiro Nii, Nobuhiro Nagayoshi, Koji Aoyagi, Kazumasa Oono
- Sound recordists : Masafumi Mima, Kyoko Shimamura
- Foreign Producer : Tarô Maki
- Voice : Mami Koyama, Michitake Kikuchi, Takahiro Sumi, Yuuki Hoshi
- Co-producers : Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
- Production Designer : Rintarō
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D animation
- Production language : Japanese
- Coproducer countries : Japan (95.0%), France (5.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Japan, France)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 23 min 47 seconds
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adaptation of Nezumikozō Jirokichi, edo no maki yori by Sadao Yamanaka.
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