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Nightingale

1992 · 30m
Animation
Starring Mako · June Angela · Doug Yasuda
Prime Video Available on Prime Video
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Captivated by its sweet song, an emperor takes a nightingale into his palace as his companion. But when the emperor shows more interest in a bejeweled mechanical bird, the nightingale flees. It returns only when the lonely emperor sees how foolishly he has behaved.

Director
Michael Sporn
Writer
Maxine Fisher
Studio
Michael Sporn Animation, GBH
Keywords
japanese emperor short film bird
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Mako
Narrator (voice)
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June Angela
Girl (voice)
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Doug Yasuda
(voice)
M
Masako Kanayama
(voice)
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