“Mother clings to her dead son's shadow; a stranger arrives seeking the child's shadow.”
Promises
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Mother clings to her dead son's shadow; a stranger arrives seeking the child's shadow.
As the leaves turn scarlet, a mother cries in front of her recently deceased child. The body of the boy decays, leaving behind a shadow, which the woman quickly embraces and takes home. One day, she receives a visitor asking about a shadow of a child.
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A Movie Production
Geidai Animation
- Format 1 × 8′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 08m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2011 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-15826 catalog
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- Geidai Animation Producer