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A Tree of Palme ()

Parumu no ki (original title)
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Palme is a puppet created by a man for his sickly wife. After her death, Palme becomes paralyzed with sorrow until he happens to cross paths with a woman being pursued who asks him to deliver something precious to a sacred place called... See more »

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Cast

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Palme
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Popo
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Shatta
Yurika Hino ...
Koram
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Roualt
Motomu Kiyokawa ...
Fou
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rikako Aikawa ...
Barron
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Soma (Female) (voice)
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Sawadust (voice)
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Popo (voice)
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Hota (voice)
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Darumaya (voice)
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Roualt (voice)
Tyler Galindo ...
Hat (voice)
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Pu (voice)
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Soma (Male) (voice)
Chris Hawley ...
Additional Voices (voice)
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Jamji (voice)
Mika Kanai ...
Poo
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Moo
Mike MacRae ...
Crickle, Gandel (voice)
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Woman Guerilla (voice)
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Fou (voice)
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Juggler (voice)
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Shatta (voice)
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Mu (voice)
Don Rush ...
Scruffy (voice) (as Nomed Kaerf)
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Koram (voice) (as Allison Sumrall)
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Gus, Zakuro (voice)
Mike Vance ...
Baku (voice)
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Palme (voice)
Mike Yantosca ...
Pirate (voice)
Mari Yokô ...
Daruyama (voice)

Directed by

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Yoriyasu Kogawa
Takashi Nakamura

Written by

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Takashi Nakamura ... (original story)
 
Takashi Nakamura ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Tarô Maki ... producer
Mark Williams ... executive producer
Katsumi Yamaguchi ... animation producer

Music by

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Takashi Harada

Cinematography by

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Takashi Azuhata ... (as Takashi Atsuhata)

Editing by

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Shûichi Kakesu

Editorial Department

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Hiroaki Hirabayashi ... color timing
Daisuke Imai ... film editor
Hiroaki Itabe ... assistant editor: AVID
Yutaka Itô ... film editor
Manabu Kamino ... film editor
Yoshirô Nishio ... film coordinator
Masaharu Sekiguchi ... optical recording
Masao Shibata ... film i/o
Yûsuke Tenmaya ... film i/o
Naoki Watanabe ... assistant editor: AVID

Art Direction by

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Mutsuo Koseki ... (as Mutsuo Ozeki)

Production Management

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Muneyuki Kanbe ... production supervisor
Mitsuhiro Matsuo ... production supervisor
Naoki Satô ... production supervisor
Nobuhiro Ôsawa ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Yoriyasu Kogawa ... unit director

Art Department

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Kayoko Nishi ... color key

Sound Department

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Kunio Andô ... sound recordist (as Kunio Ando)
Tsutomu Kawahigashi ... dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Afshar Kharat ... adr recordist
Shizuo Kurahashi ... sound effects
Masafumi Mima ... sound director
Tomokazu Mitsui ... sound producer: Techno Sound
Mikio Mori ... dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Akiko Mutô ... sound effects assistant
Tomoko Nakajima ... sound producer: Techno Sound
Akira Nakano ... recordist
Noboru Nishio ... digital optical recording
Akira Rizawa ... optical re-recording
Yûji Tagami ... recording assistant
Fujio Yamada ... dialogue editor

Special Effects by

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Toshiko Itokawa ... special effects
Toyohiko Sakakibara ... special effects
Sachi Suzuki ... special effects
Kumiko Taniguchi ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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Toyoaki Emura ... 3d cgi modeling & animation
Kenji Fujita ... digital vfx & composite / digital works: Digimation
Hiroshi Iijima ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Shin Inoie ... digital airbrush effects
Yukiko Kakita ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Mitsuhiro Karato ... digital vfx & composite
Hisataka Kasama ... digital works: Digimation
Fumie Kawamata ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Haruna Kiryû ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Takehito Kobayashi ... 3d cgi modeling & animation
Shihomi Miyachi ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Eriko Murata ... digital color coordination
Shinji Nakajima ... digital works: Digimation
Kumi Nanjô ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Akiko Nasu ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Michiko Saitô ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Akiko Shimizu ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Miho Suzuki ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Yôsuke Sôma ... 3d cgi modeling & animation
Kanako Takahashi ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Naomi Tazawa ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Hiromi Uchibayashi ... background scanning & color correction
Ryûji Uchida ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Yuki Yokoyama ... digital trace & paint: Takahashi Production T2 Studio
Hiroo Yoshioka ... digital vfx & composite
Katsuhisa Ôno ... 3d cgi modeling & animation
Noriyuki Ôtorii ... background scanning & color correction (as Noriyuki Ôtori)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Takanobu Arihara ... photography: Ace Creation
Kenji Chikaoka ... photography: Ace Creation
Tatsushi Fukumoto ... photography: Azuhata Production
Seiji Hirayama ... photography: Azuhata Production
Teruaki Inoue ... photography: Azuhata Production
Shingo Kobayashi ... photography: Ace Creation
Takahide Kuroki ... photography: Azuhata Production
Hirofumi Matsuzawa ... photography: Ace Creation
Tatsuya Miguchi ... photography: Ace Creation
Akio Saitô ... photography: Ace Creation
Naoatsu Sasaki ... photography: Ace Creation
Shin'ichi Sasano ... photography: Azuhata Production
Masato Satô ... photography: Azuhata Production
Izumi Takahashi ... photography: Azuhata Production
Atsuo Tsukioka ... photography: Azuhata Production
Yôko Tsuzuki ... photography: Ace Creation
Kôhei Yamamoto ... photography: Ace Creation
Tsutomu Ôkawa ... photography: Ace Creation
Katsumi Ôta ... photography: Studio U-Bird

Animation Department

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Eiji Abiko ... assistant animation director
Mi Kyoung An ... inbetween artist
Masahiro Andô ... key animator
Akemi Arai ... background artist
Arimbawa ... inbetween artist
M. Arta ... inbetween artist
Yukiko Ban ... key animator
Budiasa ... inbetween artist
Hyun Mi Cho ... inbetween artist
Soon Hee Choi ... trace and paint artist
Soon Yeol Choi ... inbetween artist (as Choi Soon Yol)
Kimiko Danjô ... trace and paint artist
Eiichi Endô ... key animator
Masaaki Endô ... assistant animation director
Firmanto ... inbetween artist
Naoko Fujitani ... inbetween artist
Takaaki Fukuyo ... key animator
Kenta Gotô ... inbetween artist
Yukari Gotô ... trace and paint artist
Hakam ... inbetween artist (as A.HAKAM)
Junko Hakamada ... trace and paint artist
Hideki Hamasu ... key animator (as Hideki Hamazu)
Takehiro Hamatsu ... key animator
Jin Young Han ... inbetween artist
Hiroki Harada ... inbetween artist
Chiharu Haraguchi ... inbetween artist
Mayumi Hiraide ... trace and paint artist
Naoko Horikawa ... trace and paint artist
Chieko Ichimanda ... inbetween checker
Aki Imai ... trace and paint artist
Junko Ina ... background artist
Nobushige Inoshita ... inbetween artist
Akiko Inoue ... trace and paint artist
Toshiyuki Inoue ... character designer / key animator
Kunitoshi Ishii ... inbetween artist
Naoki Ishikawa ... cel checker
Shingo Ishikawa ... key animator
Toshiko Itokawa ... trace and paint artist
Hisako Itoyama ... background artist
Nobutaka Itô ... key animator (as Nobutake Ito)
Kinuko Izumi ... key animator
Nam-Sun Jung ... inbetween artist (as Jung Nam Seon)
Masatoshi Kai ... background artist
Toshihisa Kaiya ... assistant animation director
Midori Kanazawa ... trace and paint artist
Yukie Kaneko ... inbetween artist
Jung Ah Kang ... inbetween artist
Mayumi Kanno ... trace and paint artist
Hirofumi Kashihara ... inbetween artist
Shinji Kashiwada ... trace and paint artist
Akemi Katô ... trace and paint artist
Ichika Kawabata ... trace and paint artist
Kumiko Kawana ... key animator
Hirotsugu Kawasaki ... key animator
Kazuko Kikuchi ... trace and paint artist
Masanori Kikuchi ... background artist
Cheol Hyung Kim ... inbetween artist
Ji Eun Kim ... inbetween artist
Jin Ah Kim ... inbetween artist
Jung Eun Kim ... trace and paint artist
Jung-Hye Kim ... trace and paint artist
Kwang Mi Kim ... inbetween artist
Yong Seong Kim ... inbetween artist
Young Mi Kim ... trace and paint artist
Takahiro Kimura ... key animator
Yoshiko Kishi ... trace and paint artist
Seiko Kitada ... trace and paint artist
Satoshi Koike ... inbetween artist
Toshiyuki Komaru ... key animator
Rie Kondô ... inbetween checker
Shirô Kudaka ... key animator
Kazuo Kudô ... assistant inbetween checker
Shin'ya Kudô ... inbetween artist
Minako Kuroda ... cel checker
Satoshi Kuroda ... background artist
Shin'ya Kusumegi ... inbetween artist (as Shinya Kasumegi)
Hyun Soon Kwon ... trace and paint artist
Oh Suk Kwon ... trace and paint artist (as Kwon O Suk)
Fumiaki Kôta ... inbetween artist
Eun Joo Lee ... inbetween artist
Jung Eun Lee ... trace and paint artist
Mi Ok Lee ... inbetween artist
Eriko Maeda ... trace and paint artist
Hirofumi Masuda ... assistant animation director
Shôichi Masuo ... key animator
Tetsuaki Matsuda ... inbetween artist
Fumio Matsumoto ... key animator
Satoshi Matsuoka ... background artist
Tokuyuki Matsutake ... key animator
Michio Mihara ... key animator
Takenori Mihara ... key animator
Kazuhiro Mikami ... trace and paint artist
Susumu Mitsunaka ... inbetween artist
Kôichirô Miyasaka ... cel manager
Tomoko Miyata ... inbetween checker
Manao Miyazaki ... inbetween artist
Yasuko Miyazaki ... key animator
Yasunori Miyazawa ... key animator
Shigenori Mizokawa ... trace and paint artist
Miyuki Mizumaki ... cel checker
Soo Joong Moon ... inbetween artist
Hisashi Mori ... key animator (as Hisashi Nakayama)
Takeshi Morita ... inbetween artist
Atsuko Moriyama ... cel checker
Mulyono ... inbetween artist
Tomomi Murakami ... trace and paint artist
Yasushi Muraki ... key animator
Akie Muratsukasa ... inbetween artist
Mutemah ... trace and paint artist
Akemi Nagao ... trace and paint artist
Megumi Nagasaka ... trace and paint artist
Miyuki Nakamura ... key animator
Mamiko Nakanishi ... key animator
Fusako Nakao ... trace and paint artist
Hirofumi Nakata ... key animator
Mai Nakazato ... inbetween artist
Yoshitaka Narasaki ... trace and paint artist
Takahiro Ninagawa ... inbetween artist
Hiromi Nishikawa ... inbetween artist
Hiroyuki Nishimura ... key animator
Chiho Nishioka ... trace and paint artist
Yôhei Nishiwaki ... trace and paint artist
Tomoko Nitta ... inbetween artist
Yûdai Niwa ... inbetween artist (as Yudai Niwa)
Katsu Nozaki ... background artist
Tomoki Ogawa ... inbetween artist
Mi Young Ok ... inbetween artist
Hiromi Okamoto ... trace and paint artist
Tomoko Okamoto ... trace and paint artist
Emiko Okui ... cel checker
Kwang Mo Park ... inbetween artist
Mee-ok Park ... trace and paint artist
Young Shin Park ... trace and paint artist
Pasek ... inbetween artist (as PASEK ARTA)
Puryana ... inbetween artist
Raviah ... trace and paint artist
Shinobu Saeki ... inbetween artist
Chizue Saitô ... trace and paint artist
Hisae Saitô ... background artist
Saho Saitô ... inbetween artist
Yutaka Sakamoto ... inbetween checker
Atsuko Sasaki ... key animator
Mamoru Sasaki ... animation director
Naoko Sasaki ... cel manager
Miyuki Satô ... trace and paint artist
Yûzô Satô ... key animator
Sayang ... inbetween artist
Kum Sook Seo ... inbetween artist
Saeng-Hoe Seo ... trace and paint artist
Ritsuko Shiina ... inbetween artist
Toshihiko Shimada ... key animator
Ayaka Shimizu ... trace and paint artist
Hiroshi Shimizu ... key animator
Rie Shimizu ... inbetween artist
Kôichi Shimoda ... inbetween artist (as Kouichi Shimoda)
Keisuke Shimohira ... inbetween artist
Hyun Shin ... inbetween artist
Masahiro Shinoda ... inbetween artist
Yumiko Shinohara ... trace and paint artist
Hiroshi Shirakawa ... inbetween checker
Atsushi Soga ... inbetween artist
Suastra ... inbetween artist
Masaaki Sugawara ... inbetween artist
Takahito Sugawara ... inbetween artist
Sugiana ... inbetween artist
Kenji Sugiyama ... inbetween artist
Sulastra ... trace and paint artist
Dai Suzuki ... inbetween artist
Syafuddin ... inbetween artist
Mitsuru Sôma ... key animator
Masaharu Tada ... key animator
Tomoko Takahashi ... trace and paint artist
Fumiyo Takeshima ... trace and paint artist
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi ... key animator
Hikaru Takigawa ... trace and paint artist
Masae Tanabe ... key animator
Takahiro Tanaka ... assistant animation director
Kumiko Tanihira ... inbetween artist
Noritaka Tateguchi ... assistant inbetween checker
Akemi Tejima ... trace and paint artist
Kumiko Terada ... inbetween artist
Takuo Tominaga ... key animator
Mizue Ueda ... trace and paint artist
Takako Uemura ... trace and paint artist
Yasuomi Umetsu ... key animator
Maki Yamada ... inbetween artist
Satoko Yamada ... inbetween artist
Akira Yamaguchi ... inbetween artist
Akira Yamakawa ... background artist
Nizô Yamamoto ... background artist
Yûko Yamamoto ... inbetween artist
Kuniko Yamashita ... trace and paint artist
Yukari Yamaura ... inbetween artist
Kumiko Yamazaki ... trace and paint artist
Morihiko Yano ... inbetween artist
Mitsuhiro Yoneda ... key animator
Mi Kyoung Yoon ... inbetween artist
Hiroyuki Yoshida ... inbetween artist
Naoto Yoshida ... inbetween artist
Tadakatsu Yoshida ... key animator
Tôru Yoshida ... key animator
Hiroo Yoshioka ... inbetween artist
Masaki Yoshizaki ... background artist
Makoto Ôhara ... inbetween artist
Manabu Ôhashi ... key animator
Sachiko Ôhashi ... key animator
Tomihiko Ôkubo ... key animator
Atsuko Ôtani ... key animator
Kumiko Ôtani ... inbetween checker
Michiyo Ôtani ... trace and paint artist

Music Department

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Akino Arai ... harpsichord & chorus: ending theme song
Takashi Asahi ... flute: Tokyo session
Julita Emanuilow ... music editor: Warsaw session
Masao Fukuda ... music editor
Eru Harada ... musician (as Eru Harada) / young popo's lute: Tokyo session
Takashi Harada ... ondes martenot & celesta: Warsaw session / ondes martenot & conductor: Tokyo session / ondes martenot & piano: featured songs / ondes martenot: ending theme song
Hisaaki Hogari ... synthesizer programming: ending theme song
Takahito Honda ... sax: featured songs
Tadashi Hoshino ... clarinet: Tokyo session
Shôhei Kasuya ... assistant recording director: Victor Studio
Keisuke Katsumata ... music production assistance
Masaki Kikuchi ... lute: Tokyo session
Mario Klemens ... conductor: Warsaw session
Hiroyuki Minami ... french horn: Tokyo session
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra ... musical performance: Warsaw session
Reichi ... drums: featured songs / percussion: Tokyo session
Andrzej Sasin ... recording engineer: Warsaw session
Hiroshi Shibayama ... oboe: Tokyo session
Sasaki Shirou ... music producer
Hijiri Kuwano Strings ... strings: ending theme song
Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings ... strings: Tokyo session
Mitakuya Suzuki ... music programming: Tokyo session
Mikoto Watanabe ... bass: featured songs
Toshiyuki Yoshida ... recording engineer
Tadamasa Yoshioka ... music production assistance: Japan Arts
Jôsuke Ôhata ... bassoon: Tokyo session (as Josuke Ohata)
Toshiaki Ôta ... music production assistance: Border Line

Additional Crew

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Tadamichi Abe ... special cooperation
Hisashi Awaya ... key visuals
Takehiko Chino ... production committee: Dentsû
Josh Cole ... translator
Shin'ya Egawa ... production committee: Kadokawa Shoten (as Shinya Egawa)
Masao Fujiwara ... production committee: Toho
Masafumi Fukui ... production committee: Imagica
Ryôichi Fukuyama ... production committee: Dentsû
Seiichi Hachiya ... production committee: Kadokawa Shoten
Mami Hamada ... production work
Teruhiro Harita ... production chief
Takurô Hatakeyama ... production assistant
Toshio Hatanaka ... production committee: Imagica
Shigeru Hayashi ... key visuals
Kiyoshi Ihara ... novelization
Daijirô Ishihara ... key visuals
Hiroaki Ishikawa ... production committee: WOWOW
Masaki Kaifu ... special cooperation
Teruo Kamatani ... production committee: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai
Takehisa Katsumata ... production committee: Imagica
Masahiro Kiba ... special cooperation
Toshihiro Kitta ... production committee: WOWOW
Kenji Komatsu ... production committee: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai
Kenji Konishi ... key visuals
Nobuaki Michiya ... production committee: Dentsû
Shôichi Miura ... production committee: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai
Yû Mizuki ... novelization
Satoru Negishi ... production committee: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai
Haruo Sai ... production committee: Toho
Yoshishige Shimatani ... production committee: Toho
Takumi Shinbori ... production assistant
J. Michael Stovall ... creative director
Michiko Suzuki ... production committee: WOWOW
Yôko Takamizawa ... digital operation
Tsutomu Takano ... production committee: Imagica
Kiyoharu Tomikawa ... production assistant
Yûsuke Tomoda ... advertising: Toho
Morikazu Wakizaka ... advertising: Major
Takeshi Yasuda ... production committee: Kadokawa Shoten
Yutaka Ôkawa ... production committee: Kadokawa Shoten

Production Companies

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Distributors

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  • Toho (2002) (Japan) (theatrical)
  • ADV Films (2005) (United States) (DVD)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Palme is a puppet created by a man for his sickly wife. After her death, Palme becomes paralyzed with sorrow until he happens to cross paths with a woman being pursued who asks him to deliver something precious to a sacred place called Tama. Written by Jarshua

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Also Known As
  • パルムの樹 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • A Tree of Palme (United States)
  • A Tree of Palme (World-wide, English title)
  • A Tree of Palme (Europe, English title)
  • A Tree of Palme (United Kingdom)
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  • 130 min
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