# Children (2011)

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**Original title**: *カエル少年失踪殺人事件*
**Runtime**: 4 min
**Genres**: Animation
**Directed by**: Takuya Okada, Naoki Izutsu, Takahiro Miyauchi, Temari Kondo

> *We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Brazil meets 1984. A boy living in a controlled, regimented city discovers a hidden sketchbook. The film celebrates small acts of rebellion against soul-crushing order.

**Mood tags**: outsider, playful, tender

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