Movie
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Overview
Brash single mother Nikuko is well-known for her bold spirit, much to the embarrassment of Kikuko, her pensive yet imaginative daughter. In contrast to her mother, Kikuko wants nothing more than to fit in as she navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school. Life in the harbor is peaceful until a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair's tender relationship.
Details
- Release date
- 2021-06-11
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Family, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Yoshimoto Kogyo, STUDIO4℃
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Shinobu Otake as Nikuko-chan (voice)
- Cocomi as Kikuko (voice)
- Natsuki Hanae as Ninomiya (voice)
- Ikuji Nakamura as Sassan (voice)
- Izumi Ishii as Maria (voice)
- Atsushi Yamanishi as Zenji (voice)
- Yuichi Yasoda as Old man at the aquarium / Other characters (voice)
- Matsuko Deluxe as Darcia (voice)
- Riho Yoshioka as Miu (voice)
- Hiro Shimono as Lizard / Gecko (voice)
- Rena Motomura as Kanemoto (voice)
- Koko Ueno as Hozumi (voice)
Crew
- Ayumu Watanabe - Director
- Satomi Oshima - Screenplay
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