Tistou the Green Thumb

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Tistou the Green Thumb (1990)

Directed by Yuji Tanno

Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Family · 1h 14m

When eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school after being unable to stop falling asleep at lessons, his father decides that he will continue his education by learning from observation of real life, and where better to start than in the garden! With the gardener Mr. Moustache, Tistou discovers he has a remarkable gift—the green thumbs: everything he touches grows into beautiful plants. His next lesson is with the stern Mr. Turnbull, manager of his father's armament factory who takes Tistou to visit the town to learn about "order." Over the course of the next few days Tistou learns many new things as he visits the town prison, the slums, and the hospital, and everywhere he tries to change the world into a better place with his new extraordinary power. Finally, he learns about war, and upon visiting his father's factory, he finds out that they supply the two countries at war with their weapons...

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Cast

Crew

Director
Yuji Tanno
Screenplay
Ryuu Tachihara
Writer
Maurice Druon
Director of Photography
Toshiaki Morita
Original Music Composer
Jean Michel Elbe
Editor
Michio Okada
Producer
Seiji Matsuki, Hirofumi Koike

Details

Original title
チスト みどりのおやゆび
Release date
1990-10-04
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Family
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
France, Japan
Production
Shigoto Film Production, Association for the Promotion of the Japanese Cinema, Production I.G, Dax International