Speakerman: The Boo
2004 · 77 min · Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
The story of an odd creature called the Speakerman, who served duty in a small mining village by sounding the siren/megaphone that is his head to tell the workers when it was time for lunch and to alert people in case of a mining accident. When the mine closes, Speakerman ends up lonely and in search of new friends and meaning in his life.
- Director
- Yoshihiro Nishimura
- Writer
- Yoshihiro Nishimura
- Released
- February 22, 2004
- Language
- Japanese
Cast
Ayano Kurokawa
Speaker Head
Tôya Orihara
Speaker Head/Classmate
Chika Suzuki
Girl (Chika Nakata)
Demo Tanaka
Coal Miner of Legend (Kouzan Tanaka)
Noboru Iguchi
Tramcar-man (Coal Mine Shaft Taro)
Nancy
Widow (Aiko)
Kikurin
Chef
Saburô Nakata
Grandfather
Yoshi Nakata
Grandmother
Masayuki Denri
Newspaper Delivery Man/Citizen Who Goes Mad for a Diamond
Justice Abe
Master of a melon Farmhouse
Shin'ya Sawano
Coal Miner/Melon Thief
Where to watch in the US
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