Kenya Boy

Kenya Boy

Kenya Boy

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Kenya Boy

"Boy gets lost in the African wild."

1984

1h 49m

5.7(9 votes)

Animation

Adventure

Fantasy

Overview

An 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941. Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy joins up with a beautiful native girl, and the adventure begins.

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Toei Animation

KADOKAWA

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Tomoyo Harada

Tomoyo Harada

Kate (voice)

Eiko Masuyama

Eiko Masuyama

Yoko Murakami (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Von Goerrhin (voice)

Ryōichi Takayanagi

Ryōichi Takayanagi

Wataru Murakami (voice)

Kaneto Shiozawa

Kaneto Shiozawa

Wakagi (voice)

Kyouji Nanami

Prof. Schutein (voice)

Masao Ohtsuka

Zega (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

Hidekatsu Shibata

Agera (voice)

Makio Inoue

Makio Inoue

Daisuke Murakami (voice)

Kenji Utsumi

Kenji Utsumi

Gure (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Written by: Chiho Katsura
Wataru Kenmotsu
Produced by: Haruki Kadokawa

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