# Yuki's Sun (1972)

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**Original title**: *ユキの太陽*
**Runtime**: 5 min
**Genres**: Animation, Drama
**Directed by**: Hayao Miyazaki
**Written by**: Isao Takahata

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The abandoned girl Yuki steps from war’s shadow into a foster home that feels like another kind of shelter. Her quiet war of wills is shadowboxing until kindness wins. A fable of adoption told in the calm, pink palette of early 70s TV anime.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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