3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
1980, Japanese. Directed by Isao Takahata.
A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family letters, but soon the messages stop coming, which worries Marco and sets him off on an epic quest to find her.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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- Released
- 19 July 1980
- Original title
- 母をたずねて三千里
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kazuo Fukazawa, Isao Takahata
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3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie runs 107 minutes (1h 47m).
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3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 July 1980. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie?
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Who directed 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie?
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie (1980) was directed by Isao Takahata and stars Yoshiko Matsuo, Yukiko Nikaido, Kiyoshi Kawakubo.