Kujiratori (くじらとり, lit.'Whale Hunt') is a 2001 Japanese animated short film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, shown only in the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan. The film has a running time of 16 minutes.[1] It is drawn in a different, simpler style compared to other Studio Ghibli films and uses bright pastel colors.

Kujiratori
Directed byHayao Miyazaki
Written byHayao Miyazaki
Based onNo No Nursery School and Kujiratori by Rieko Nakagawa & Yuriko Yamawaki
Produced byToshio Suzuki
StarringKeito Ishihara
Mao Onodera
Di-Zhi Wang
Edited byTakeshi Seyama
Music byYuji Nomi
Production
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Distributed byGhibli Museum
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
16 minutes
LanguageJapanese

Kujiratori tells the story of school children pretending they are building a boat. As imagination replaces reality, they find themselves on the ocean, hunting for a whale. A big, gentle whale appears, accompanies them back to land and plays with them. Then the fantasy ends and the children are back in their class room.[1]

The film was shown at the 2002 New York International Children's Film Festival. It won the Ōfuji Noburō Award at the 2001 Mainichi Film Awards.

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  1. ^ a b 『くじらとり』 - 三鷹の森ジブリ美術館 (in Japanese). ghibli-museum.jp. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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