Students from five different countries arrive in Maruko's town. Maruko and her classmates can barely contain their curiosity, and their new friends are full of surprises. And Maruko's family will house a boy from Italy!
Writing
Gentle humor that never talks down to its audience.
Production
Lovingly recreates 1970s Showa-era Japan in every frame.
Director
Jun Takagi
TARAKO
Momoko Sakura (voice)
Tomoko Naka
Shigeru Fujiki (voice)
Tsutomu Kashiwakura
Noritaka Hamazaki (voice)
Masami Kikuchi
Kazuhiko Hanawa (voice)
Naoko Watanabe
Tamae Honami (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Sueo Marou (voice)
Miki Narahashi
Hanako Migiwa (voice)
Chafurin
Kimio Nagasawa (voice) / Hideji Saijou (voice)
Keaton Yamada
Narrator
Yusuke Numata
Kenichi Oono (voice)
Ako Mayama
Satoshi Sugiyama (voice)
Hirohiko Kakegawa
Hideyuki Togawa (voice)
Naomi Watanabe
Julia (voice)
Taishi Nakagawa
Andrea (voice)
Gekidan Hitori
Singh (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
JP
