へんてこな ボランティア (1993): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1993, へんてこな ボランティア is an animation film directed by Kimio Yabuki, running about 46 minutes.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. へんてこな ボランティア stars Hisako Kyoda as Yone Baachan (voice), Hikaru Midorikawa as Makio Kato (voice), Hirohiko Kakegawa as Katsuta Sensei (voice) and Megumi Urawa as Miyuki Kawaguchi (voice), among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch へんてこな ボランティア page.

If you liked it. Fans of へんてこな ボランティア tend to enjoy Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland, Your Name. - Gestern, heute und für immer, Die letzten Glühwürmchen and Spider-Man: A New Universe.