A Letter to Momo Page #4

Synopsis: Clinging to an unfinished letter written by her recently deceased father, young Momo moves with her mother from bustling Tokyo to the remote Japanese island of Shio. Upon their arrival, she begins to explore her new habitat, meeting local children and learning their routines and customs. However, it's not long before several bizarre occurrences crop up around the previously tranquil island. Orchards are found ransacked, prized trinkets start disappearing and, worst of all, each morning after her mother leaves for work, Momo hears strange mumblings coming from the attic of their home. Annoyed by these creepy goings-on and her mother's refusal to believe them, Momo embarks on a strange and supernatural adventure to discover the source of the mischief, which leads her to a trio of troublesome imps: the flatulent lizard Kawa, the childlike Mame and their hulking ogre leader Iwa. Momo also learns that her visit to the island is in some way connected to her father's mysterious letter.
Director(s): Hiroyuki Okiura
Production: GKIDS
  3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
120 min
Website
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It's not happening! I don't have the courage to glare back at them!

Please, don't show up again!

I'm going to help out at the field.

Your lunch is rice balls again, but please eat them.

P.S. Take care of a package that will arrive this afternoon.

Take care of...

I'll be alone again.

Is this really going to work?

I have an idea.

When did any of your ideas ever work before?

Go on.

Rice balls.

Guardians my butt!

What were you planning to do with us?

What happened to your bright idea, huh?!

We are the yokai defeated by Sugawara no Michizane, the prince,

and sealed within the illustrated storybook.

Your opening the sealed box

has unleashed us from millennia of sleep!

That's what happened?

I thought we came down from the sky or someth...

My name is Iwa.

The skinny one here is Kawa,

and the tiny one is Mame.

As you can see, we are not suspicious in any way or form!

Stay away from me!

Stop... stop that!

You must not break it!

It's an important pass,

if you break it in half,

it would stop working!

Why did you just explain everything, dude!?

Give it back!

No! Please stop!

Get down!

We'll listen to anything you say.

Is there anything you want?

You can ask for anything.

Perhaps... this might please you?

That's mine.

Yes, it's your...

I-I still have other things.

I don't want anything! Just get out of here!

D-Don't do that!

Please, stop!

Okay. We will leave this house.

If you could give that back first...

Yes, Ma'am!

Yes, yes, yes.

That was one evil girl back there.

The pass is in her hands... this is going to be tough.

How can she see us anyway?

Is it because she's evil?

If I were to guess, it's because when we dropped down here,

we hit that Momo girl by mistake.

Maybe that's why she can see us.

It was so much better in the old days when we went on rampages.

We would just kick stupid humans out of our way.

Agreed.

Well, then.

A girl's mood swing doesn't last very long.

It should be safe to go back.

Yeah...

Wait, are you sure?!

Thank you.

I still don't think you have to force yourself to work right away.

Yes, but I have to support Momo until she's a grown-up.

If I have to work anyway, then sooner the better.

I have to put bread on the table and a roof over our heads.

Although, I'm totally depending on you right now.

We don't mind. We love having you here.

Kazuo was a good man.

You must miss him.

I don't feel that lonely now.

"Plow your way to the Heavens."

It really makes you wonder how they plowed fields near the top those mountains.

This island doesn't have many flatlands. We have our ancestors to thank.

Are you all right?

I choked on the tea.

I thought you were sick again.

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Hiroyuki Okiura

Hiroyuki Okiura (沖浦啓之, Okiura Hiroyuki, born October 13, 1966 in Katano, Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese animation director and animator working for Production I.G. more…

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