Earwig and the Witch (2020)
Releasing at February 3, 2021 in theaters and streaming on HBO Max February 5
“Âya to majo”
Animation, Family, Fantasy
Earwig and the Witch is a Japanese computer-animated television film directed by Gorō Miyazaki, and is based on the novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones. It primiered at October 18, 2020 on Lumière Film Festival.
In 1990s England, Earwig, a 10-year-old orphan girl who grew up without knowing that she is a witch’s daughter, is taken from the orphanage by a strange duo and starts living with them.
Director: Gorô Miyazaki
Writers: Diana Wynne Jones (novel), Keiko Niwa, Emi Gunji, Hayao Miyazaki
Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Kokoro Hirasawa, JB Blanc, Thomas Bromhead, Alex Cartañá
►Cast
| JB Blanc | ► | Mr. Jenkins (voice) |
| Thomas Bromhead | ► | Cook (voice) |
| Alex Cartañá | ► | Assistant Matron (voice) |
| Pandora Colin | ► | Matron (voice) |
| Richard E. Grant | ► | The Mandrake (voice) |
| Gaku Hamada | ► | Tômasu (voice) |
| Logan Hannan | ► | Custard (voice) |
| Taylor Henderson | ► | Earwig (voice) |
| Kokoro Hirasawa | ► | Âya (voice) |
| Summer Jenkins | ► | Phyllis (voice) |
| Eva Kaminsky | ► | Assistant Cook (voice) |
| Vanessa Marshall | ► | Bella Yaga (voice) |
| Sherina Munaf | ► | Earwig’s Mother (voice) |
| Kacey Musgraves | ► | Earwig’s Mother (voice) |
| Vivienne Rutherford | ► | Sally (voice) |
| Dan Stevens | ► | Thomas (voice) |
| Shinobu Terajima | ► | Bera Yâga (voice) |
| Etsushi Toyokawa | ► | Mandorêku (voice) |
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