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Cast
Kazuko Sugiyama
as Heidi (voice)
Noriko Ohara
as Peter (voice)
Kohei Miyauchi
as Grandfather (voice)
Rihoko Yoshida
as Clara Sesemann (voice)
Miyako Shima
as Peter's Grandmother (voice)
Miyoko Aso
as Frau Rottenmeier (voice)
Natsuko Kawaji
as Madam Sesemann (voice)
Taeko Nakanishi
as Dete (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
as Sebastian (voice)
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1974
Runtime—
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresAnimation, Family
Votes15
DirectorIsao Takahata
WritersIsao Takahata
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.6 out of 10
Cast9 credited
Also Known AsHeidi in the Mountains
About Heidi in the Mountains
Heidi (1974) Japanese anime series by Zuiyo Eizo (now Nippon Animation) based on the Swiss novel Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning by Johanna Spyri (1880). It was directed by Isao Takahata A feature-length film Heidi in the Mountains, aka The Story of Heidi, was edited from the series by Zuiyo (which by then was a separate entity from Nippon Animation, which employed many of the TV series' animation staff) distributed in 1979. All cast were replaced excluding Heidi and the grandfather. This movie is also the only incarnation of the Heidi anime to have been released commercially in the United States in English (on home video in the 1980s). Isao Takahata remarked "Neither Hayao Miyazaki nor I are completely related to any shortening version" on this work.
Directed by Isao Takahata, Heidi in the Mountains leans on a strong ensemble — Kazuko Sugiyama, Noriko Ohara, Kohei Miyauchi — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about animation titles of 1974.
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