Wolf Children (2012)

Movie Details

Original Title おおかみこどもの雨と雪

Original Language JA

Revenue $55,262,158

Status Released

Popularity 4.2

Cast

Haru Kuroki

Yuki (voice)

Popularity: 0.6

Yukito Nishii

Ame (voice)

Popularity: 0.8

Aoi Miyazaki

Hana (voice)

Popularity: 1.3

Takao Osawa

Wolf Man (voice)

Popularity: 7.8

Momoka Ohno

Yuki as a Child (voice)

Popularity: 0.2

Amon Kabe

Ame as a Child (voice)

Popularity: 0.7

Takuma Hiraoka

Sohei (voice)

Popularity: 0.7

Megumi Hayashibara

Sohei's Mother (voice)

Popularity: 1.4

Tadashi Nakamura

Hosokawa (voice)

Popularity: 0.2

Tamio Ohki

Yamaoka (voice)

Popularity: 0.7

Tomie Kataoka

Mrs. Nirasaki (voice)

Popularity: 0.6

Hajime Inoue

Tendo (voice)

Popularity: 0.8

Key Crew

Director Mamoru Hosoda

Screenplay Satoko Okudera, Mamoru Hosoda

Producer Takuya Ito, Yuichiro Saito, Takashi Watanabe

Editor Shigeru Nishiyama

Executive Producer Seiji Okuda, Hiroyasu Asami, Suzuko Fujimoto

Production

Studio Chizu

Madhouse

Nippon Television Network Corporation

KADOKAWA Shoten

VAP

D.N. Dream Partners

Videos & Trailers

Official Trailer [Subtitled]

Trailer

Official English Trailer

Trailer

Official Clip -A Mother's Love (English)

Clip

Official Clip - Playtime in the Winter's First Snow (English)

Clip

Official Clip - An Old House, But a New Home (English)

Clip

Official Clip - Hana and the Wolf Man (English)

Clip

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

wolf forest death of father growing up rural area werewolf single mother adult animation werewolf child farming community farming anime mother son relationship mother daughter relationship brother sister relationship

Reviews from TMDB

ba1020 9.5/10

May 22, 2014

The movie is beautifully animated and an emotional Rollercoaster ride. Topped only by the excellent Soundtrack by Takagi Masakatsu.

Andres Gomez 7/10

Mar 29, 2016

A modern approach to the myth of the wolverine in the wolf extincted Japan. The animation is really fantastic, specially the background staging. The story is interesting and is quite touching the struggle of the mother to raise her children but at some point it becomes a bit boring for lack of ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Aug 21, 2025

“Hana” is one of those kindly people who wants to help out, so when she encounters a quiet young man who seems to be gatecrashing their lectures, she offers to share her books with him and pretty soon they are an item, living together and have two children “Yuki” and “Ame”. She (and we) ... Read more