It tells the story of Rock, a puppy whose mother is killed by a tiger and a fox. To fulfill his revenge, will achieve together a large number of animals. An animated collaboration between Osamu Tezuka and Toei Animation.
Direction
Tezuka's wild visual imagination before Astro Boy refined him
Score
Chaotic orchestral swells that refuse to match the cute animals
Director
Daisaku Shirakawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Tezuka's second theatrical feature and established his pattern of 'cute characters, absolutely devastating narratives' that would define Japanese animation.
Toei's animators reportedly went on strike during production because Tezuka kept demanding impossibly complex animal crowd scenes.
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