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The Day I Bought a Star(Movie, 2006)

Original title: "星をかった日" (Japanese/JA)
16min | Genres: Animation, Fantasy
The Day I Bought a StarRating: 3.8/5 (with 55 votes)
Hoshi o Katta Hi (星をかった日, lit. 'The Day I Bought a Star') is a Japanese animated short film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and released January 3, 2006. It was produced by Toshio Suzuki for Studio Ghibli for their exclusive use in the Saturn Theatre at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo. The film is based on a story by Naohisa Inoue. ()
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About The Day I Bought a Star

The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Made by: Studio Ghibli
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 8 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date US: 01/03/2006
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Producer: Toshio Suzuki
Screenwriter: Hayao Miyazaki
Composer: Yuriko Nakamura
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Hoshi wo katta hi"

10 movies in the Collection

2001 The Whale Hunt ("くじらとり")
2002 Koro's Big Day Out ("コロの大さんぽ")
2002 Mei and the Kittenbus ("めいとこねこバス")
2006 House Hunting ("やどさがし")
2006 Mon Mon the Water Spider ("水グモもんもん")
2006 The Day I Bought a Star
2010 A Sumo Wrestler's Tail ("ちゅうずもう")
2010 Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess ("パン種とタマゴ姫")
2011 Treasure Hunting ("たからさがし")
2018 Boro the Caterpillar ("毛虫のボロ")

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