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3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yoshiko Matsuo
Marco Rossi (voice)
52 eps
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Tonio Rossi (voice)
52 eps
Yukiko Nikaido
Anna Rossi (voice)
52 eps
Kiyoshi Kawakubo
Pietro Rossi (voice)
52 eps
Akiko Tsuboi
Narrator (voice)
52 eps
Noriko Ohara
Concetta (voice)
52 eps
Mie Azuma
Pablo García (voice)
52 eps
Ichiro Nagai
Peppino (voice)
52 eps
Mieko Nobusawa
Fiorina (voice)
52 eps
Akio Nojima
Rocky (voice)
52 eps
Fumio Matsuoka
Frediand (voice)
52 eps
Eken Mine
Federico Menotti (voice)
52 eps
Hikaru Miyata
Fernández (voice)
52 eps
Kei Tomiyama
Mario (voice)
52 eps
Kohei Miyauchi
Carlos (voice)
52 eps
Keiko Yokozawa
Fana (voice)
52 eps
Kuriko Komamura
Emilio (voice)
52 eps
Masako Nozawa
Luigi (voice)
52 eps
Reiko Mutoh
Clara (voice)
52 eps
Takuzō Kamiyama
Leonardo (voice)
52 eps
Masaaki Okabe
Víctor Mequinez (voice)
52 eps
Tetsuya Kaji
Marcelo Esteban
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother reads strongest on Character Depth, Spectacle and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Italy is in a deep depression, so to support her family, Marco's mother goes to Argentina to work as a domestic. But after she writes to her family that she is sick, her letters stop coming. So Marco decides to go to Argentina to look for her. He travels across Argentina to find her, meeting many wonderful people, and having many adventures during his journey.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Takaji MatsudoProducer
- Junzō NakajimaProducer
- Koichi MotohashiExecutive Producer
Direction
- Isao TakahataDirector
Cinematography
- Kei KurokiDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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