Boro the Caterpillar (2018)

Original title

毛虫のボロ

Directed by

Hayao Miyazaki

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, adventure film, family film

Country

Japan

Runtime

14 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tiny caterpillar named Boro just hatches from his egg. The short film follows his first explorations of the world around him.

wondrousdelicategentlemeditativeintimatequietcurioustender

What happens

Boro the Caterpillar (Japanese: 毛虫のボロ, Hepburn: Kemushi no Boro) is a 2018 Japanese animated short film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki made for the Ghibli Museum. The story is about a recently hatched caterpillar named Boro as he takes his first steps into the world. It premiered at the museum on March 21, 2018. The short film is shown only in the Ghibli Museum and in Ghibli Park. During the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, it was shown outside Japan for the first and only time as part of the Studio Ghibli's Honorary Palme d'Or Celebrations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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