Previously, it was announced that film distributor Feat Pictures will bring Totto-chan: Little Girl at the Window animated film to Indonesian cinemas. On Friday (12/4), Feat Pictures announced that the film will premiere on 1 May 2024. More information about the ticket cost and the cinema chain that will screen the film have not been announced yet.
Diangkat dari buku klasik laris yang telah membuat dunia menangis terharu, TOTTO-CHAN: THE LITTLE GIRL AT THE WINDOW segera tayang di bioskop 1 Mei mendatang. pic.twitter.com/fsSn2Qh8Eh
— Feat Pictures (@FeatPictures) April 12, 2024
Totto-chan: Little Girl at the Window is an adaptation of an autobiographical book by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. The book tells Kuroyanagi’s story when she was enrolled in Tomoe Gakuen, a Tokyo elementary school founded by educator Sosaku Kobayashi.
The book was originally published as a series of articles in Kodansha’s Young Woman magazine from February 1979 to December 1980. Later in 1981, Kodansha collected all the articles into a book. Today, the book has been translated into 35 languages, including Indonesian.
The film adaptation of the book was announced on 20 March 2023. The film is directed by Shinnosuke Yakuwa, with Yakuwa and Yosuke Suzuki writing the scripts, Shizue Kaneko designing the characters, and animated by Shin-Ei Animation.
Founded in 2014, Feat Pictures is an Indonesian film distributor known for screening films from various countries. Some Japanese films that have been screened by Feat Pictures include Violet Evergarden the Movie and its spin-off, Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish, and Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer, and BELLE.
The Indonesian Anime Times
