The Glacier Fox
7.1
“In the Quest of the Northern Sun”
Director Koreyoshi Kurahara chronicles a year in the lives of Flep and Leila, two foxes living in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, where the freezing winters are long and the mild summers short. After Flep defeats another male fox to become Leila's lifelong partner, they mate and raise a litter of five kits. With their family complete, the group must contend with human interference in their habitat, such as chicken farms and snowmobiles, and struggle against the debilitating cold of winter. The animals experience both triumph and tragedy, as the law of this harsh land proves – only the strong survive.
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Cast
19 people
Koreyoshi Kurahara Director · Walter Bloch Writer Masaru Satō Composer
Worldwide gross $8.8M · Budget $4.5M · United States release January 5, 1979
Box office
Budget
$4,500,000
Worldwide gross
$8,800,000
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
Sanrio
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production
Japan
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Original title
キタキツネ物語
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 15, 1978
Theatrical
United States · January 5, 1979
Theatrical
Germany
June 9, 1987 · TV
Hungary
June 2, 1983
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