Twelve Months

– A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. On..

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Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 5 Minutes
Release Year:
1980
Original Name:
世界名作童話 森は生きている
Twelve Months (1980) - Also known as 世界名作童話 森は生きている

A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. The girl almost freezes to death in the forest, but she is rescued by the spirits of the Twelve Months, who create spring around her. The girl is able to deliver the bouquet to the queen, but others want a share of the reward.

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Release Date:

15 Mar 1980

Director:

Kimio Yabuki

Writer:

Samuil Marshak (story), Yasuko Miyazaki, Kimio Yabuki

Main Actors:

Earl Hammond, Shinobu Ohtake, Ai Kanzaki, Joan Shepard

Plot:

Anya, an orphaned girl, lives with a cruel old woman and her daughter in their small house by the woods. On New Year's Eve, the queen announces that she wants galanthus brought to her on New Year's Day; she will reward him or her who can bring her the flowers with a basketful of gold coins. The old woman and her daughter hear this news and send Anya during a terrible snowstorm into the woods to collect the flowers. Anya has no option but to obey and is sure that she will die in her attempt to find the flowers, a mission that seems impossible; In the woods, Anya meets the Spirits of the Twelve Months and in reward for her kindness and good nature, the Spirit of April proposes helping the girl by presenting her with one hour of spring during which she can pick the flowers and return home safely. When this is done, the Spirit of January makes the girl promise that she will never tell anyone about this encounter, and the Spirit of April gives her one more gift, a magic ring that will summon the spirits' help should she ever be in trouble. Upon returning home, Anya is thanked by the queen for bringing her the flowers, but the young queen, who is no more than another orphaned girl of Anya's age, insists on knowing where the flowers came from. Anya then struggles between keeping her promise to the spirits or holding on to her own life.

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Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10