Summaries

An innocent lamb learns about life and death when he seeks revenge upon the wolf who slaughtered his mother.

A baby lamb named Chirin is living an idyllic life on a farm with many other sheep. Chirin is very adventurous and tends to get lost, so he wears a bell around his neck so that his mother can always find him. His mother warns Chirin that he must never venture beyond the fence surrounding the farm, because a huge black wolf lives in the mountains and loves to eat sheep. Chirin is too young and naive to take the advice to heart, until one night the wolf enters the barn and is prepared to kill Chirin, but at the last moment the lamb's mother throws herself in the way and is killed instead. The wolf leaves, and Chirin is horrified to see his mother's body. Unable to understand why his mother was killed, he becomes very angry and swears that he will go into the mountains and kill the wolf.—anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • cult film
  • anime animation
  • death
  • anime
  • death of a parent
Genres
  • Drama
  • Animation
  • Family
Release date Mar 10, 1978
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Production companies Sanrio Company Sanrio Communications

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 47m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio

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