Helen the Baby Fox (2006)

Original title

子ぎつねヘレン

Directed by

Keita Kōno

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 49m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy finds an abandoned fox cub that is blind, deaf, and mute. He names her Helen and tries to care for her despite doubts from others and the animal's disabilities.

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What happens

Helen the Baby Fox (Japanese: 子ぎつねヘレン, Hepburn: Kogitsune Heren) is a 2006 Japanese film. It was directed by director Keita Kono, and stars actors Takao Osawa, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Arashi Fukasawa and Ryoko Kobayashi in lead roles. It was released in Japanese cinemas on 18 March 2006. Helen the Baby Fox tells the story of Taichi and a fox cub, whom Taichi found by the side of the road. The cub is blind, deaf and mute and Taichi names it Helen, after Helen Keller who has similar disabilities. They faced much skepticism and criticism from the people around them, and difficulties stemming from Helen's physical disabilities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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