FORTUNE FAVORS LADY NIKUKO

GYOKO NO NIKUKO-CHAN

By Ayumu WATANABE

FREE STONE PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD. - as SALES All rights, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau

Family - Completed 2021

Easy-going, cheerful, passionate and always ready to eat something delicious, mother Nikuko falls hard for the bad guys. Naturally Nikuko’s loud and bold spirit embarrasses 11-year-old Kikuko, her daughter on the verge of puberty. They are living together on a boat at the port.

Festivals
& Awards

Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2021
Special programmes
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Family, Book adaptation, Animation
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ayumu WATANABE
    • Writer(s)
    • Satomi OSHIMA
    • Producer(s)
    • Sanma AKASHIYA (Yoshimoto Kogyo), Akihiko OKAMOTO (Yoshimoto Kogyo), Keiichi YOSHIZAKI, Shu KAMIGASO, Mitsugu YAMADA, Eiko TANAKA
    • Synopsis
    • "Nikuko is a chubby and cheerful single mother. She is overly devoted and always dates a loser who cheats on her and steals her money. She moves around with her daughter Kikuko each time she breaks up with her boyfriend, and now they live in a boat house in a town with a fishing port.
      Kikuko is an 11-year-old. She is mature and beautiful, not like Nikuko. Kikuko likes her mother but feels a bit ashamed. She adjusts her new environment smoothly, but always feels a bit uneasy about leaving again..."