Weird Volunteers - 1993

A film produced and paid for by Kitakyushu City's Board of Education and Council for the Promotion of Outcast Issue Awareness. The story follows two second-year junior high girls who discover an old lady collapsed outside her home in rural Japan. After assisting her back inside, the two hear the old lady's harrowing life story and discover that she is illiterate. Shocked by this, the girls vow to volunteer their time to teach the old woman to read and write each day.

46min
1993
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10

Cast

Hisako Kyoda profile pictureHisako KyodaYone Baachan (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa profile pictureHikaru MidorikawaMakio Kato (voice)
Hirohiko Kakegawa profile pictureHirohiko KakegawaKatsuta Sensei (voice)
Shinichiro Ohta profile pictureShinichiro OhtaIchiro Yamada (voice)
Atsushi Kisaichi profile pictureAtsushi KisaichiFollower B (voice)
Daisuke Sakaguchi profile pictureDaisuke SakaguchiFollower A (voice)
Ichiro Nagai profile pictureIchiro NagaiYoichi Yamamoto (voice)
Masaharu Sato profile pictureMasaharu SatoYone's Father (voice)
Yuko Nagashima profile pictureYuko NagashimaYuka Inoue (voice)

About Weird Volunteers

Weird Volunteers Overview

A film produced and paid for by Kitakyushu City's Board of Education and Council for the Promotion of Outcast Issue Awareness. The story follows two second-year junior high girls who discover an old lady collapsed outside her home in rural Japan. After assisting her back inside, the two hear the old lady's harrowing life story and discover that she is illiterate. Shocked by this, the girls vow to volunteer their time to teach the old woman to read and write each day.

Runtime: 46min

Extra details

Original Title: へんてこな ボランティア
Original Language: Japanese
Directed By: Kimio Yabuki
Production Companies
Toei Animation