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FORTUNE FAVORS LADY NIKUKO (GYOKO NO NIKUKO-CHAN)
SALES All rights, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
 
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Completed - JAPANESE - Family, Book adaptation, Animation - 97 minutes

Log Line

Easy-going, cheerful, passionate and always ready to eat something delicious, mother Nikuko falls hard for the bad guys. Naturally Nikuko’s loud and bold spirit embarrasses 11-year-old Kikuko, her daughter on the verge of puberty. They are living together on a boat at the port.

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Ayumu WATANABE
Writer(s) : Satomi OSHIMA
Cast : Shinobu OTAKE, Cocomi COCOMI, Natsuki HANAE, Ikuji NAKAMURA

Producer(s) : Sanma AKASHIYA (Yoshimoto Kogyo), Akihiko OKAMOTO (Yoshimoto Kogyo), Keiichi YOSHIZAKI, Shu KAMIGASO, Mitsugu YAMADA, Eiko TANAKA

Synopsis

"Nikuko is a chubby and cheerful single mother. She is overly devoted and always dates a loser who cheats on her and steals her money. She moves around with her daughter Kikuko each time she breaks up with her boyfriend, and now they live in a boat house in a town with a fishing port.
Kikuko is an 11-year-old. She is mature and beautiful, not like Nikuko. Kikuko likes her mother but feels a bit ashamed. She adjusts her new environment smoothly, but always feels a bit uneasy about leaving again..."

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Country(ies) : JAPAN

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Festivals and Awards

Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2021 (Special programmes)


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