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Thumbelina

Thumbelina

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Thumbelina

1978

1h 3m

6.3(12 votes)

Animation

Family

Fantasy

Romance

Overview

A tiny girl, only as long as a man's thumb, is born to a childless woman, abducted by frogs who want her to marry their son, but escaping instead (with the help of a bumblebee) to find a real prince without having to kiss the frog first.

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Production Companies

Toei Animation

The people behind it

Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Kazuko Sugiyama

Kazuko Sugiyama

Thumbelina (voice)

Mariko Miyagi

Mariko Miyagi

Bunbu (voice)

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Narrator / Gekoo (voice)

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Chumi (voice)

Kosei Tomita

Kosei Tomita

Mole (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Papa Frog (voice)

Kazue Takahashi

Kazue Takahashi

Mama Frog (voice)

Noriko Ohara

Noriko Ohara

Prince (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Yugo Serikawa
Written by: Ikuko Ōyabu
Produced by: Saburô Yokoi

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