Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur- (2026)

March 13, 2026 (JP) • Animation, Drama • 119m

Overview

Paris in the early 20th century. Fujiko dreams of becoming a painter despite expectations of marriage, while Chizuru, born into a samurai family, longs to study ballet. Reunited in Paris after meeting as children, they support each other and move toward their dreams.

Director

Goro Taniguchi

Writer

Reiko Yoshida

Top Billed

Ami Touma

Keywords

paris, france optimism artist painter life's dream ballet ballerina anime 1910s belle epoque naginata friends reunion chasing dreams overcoming obstacles

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Top Billed Cast

Ami Touma

Fujiko Tsuguta (voice)

Lina Arashi

Chizuru Sonoi (voice)

Taichi Saotome

Rouslan (voice)

Matsuya Onoe

Chuu Wakabayashi (voice)

Mugi Kadowaki

Olga (voice)

Kenjiro Tsuda

Shoichi Yajima (voice)

Akihiro Kakuta

Enzo (voice)

Kaori Nazuka

Joan (voice)

Jun Karasawa

Maddie (voice)

Yumi Uchiyama

Maria (voice)

Ayumu Murase

Thomas (voice)

Hitomi Nabatame

Anne (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Kenkichi Sonoi (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Kunie Sonoi (voice)

Shinshu Fuji

Kingo Tsuguta (voice)

Yuhko Kaida

Tomiko Tsuguta (voice)

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Eitaro Tsuguta (voice)

Kensho Ono

Kozo Tsuguta (voice)

Tetsu Inada

Apprentice Ogura (voice)

Daiki Hamano

Apprentice Koshiro (voice)

Hiroshi Iwasaki

Morant (voice)

Anna Nagase

Maltida (voice)

Tomoyo Kurosawa

Chloe (voice)

Hinaki Yano

Rosalie (voice)

Setsuji Sato

Kaufmann (voice)

Gouki Ogawa

Georges (voice)

Seiji Sasaki

Albert (voice)

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Hopper (voice)

Takeru Iwamoto

Samurai Restaurant Employee A (voice)

Takayuki Nakatsukasa

Samurai Restaurant Employee B (voice)

Kenta Miyake

Honoré (voice)

Hiroshi Naka

Owner (voice)

Kamiri Matsuda

Adélaïde (voice)

Saho Shirasu

Morgane (voice)

Hayato Fujii

Don Vito (voice)

Ryo Nishizawa

Man A (voice)

Shoya Ishige

Man B (voice)

Masaaki Ihara

Man C (voice)

Keisuke Hamaoka

Man D (voice)

Natsumi Kawaida

Dancer A (voice)

Mion Kiyokawa

Dancer B (voice)

Nozomi Tamaki

Dancer C (voice)

Suzuko Hara

Test Student (voice)

Shunichi Maki

Judge A (voice)

Ryunosuke Watanuki

Judge B (voice)

Ryosuke Hara

Juggling Man (voice)

Ooki Sugiyama

Master of Ceremonies (voice)

Mitsuki Taniguchi

(voice)

Yuki Tamai

(voice)

Tetsuro Tsukada

(voice)

Yuuki Sanpei

(voice)

Anna Yamaki

(voice)

Minami Shindo

(voice)

Madoka Kido

(voice)

Masaki Nakanishi

(voice)

Joichiro Ohtsuki

(voice)

Mami Kadotani

(voice)

Satoi Ishibashi

(voice)

Kanon Asahina

(voice)

Reo Tanie

(voice)

Kyla Urano

(voice)

Shun Itoga

(voice)

Minami Tomohiro

(voice)

Haruka Maeda

(voice)

Tamaki Fujihara

(voice)

Haruka Murakami

(voice)

Junnosuke Kudo

(voice)

Yuri Tamura

(voice)

Ryuta Aoki

(voice)

Crew

Goro Taniguchi

Director

Katsuya Kondo

Character Designer

Yu Yamashita

Character Designer

Seiichi Shirato

Researcher

Yuji Kaneko

Art Direction

Akiko Shibata

Color Designer

Tsunetaka Ema

Director of Photography

Yuriko Chiba

Other

Hisayasu Kamiya

3D Director

Kiyoshi Hirose

Editor

Tomomi Ozaki

Prop Designer

Fumihilo Katagai

Mechanical Designer

Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Sound Director

Takayuki Hattori

Original Music Composer

Reiko Yoshida

Screenplay

Goro Taniguchi

Original Story

Shingo Anami

Theme Song Performance

Issei Kobayashi

Theme Song Performance

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Theme Song Performance

Haruko Nagaya

Theme Song Performance

Goro Taniguchi

Storyboard Artist

Hiroko Yaguchi

Animation Director

Eiji Nakada

Animation Director

Jun Yukawa

Producer

Toshio Iizuka

Producer

Masahiko Ito

Producer

Rajeev Karki

Producer

Rajeev Karki

Other

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Songs

Shingo Anami

Songs

Issei Kobayashi

Songs

Haruko Nagaya

Songs

Kanchi Suzuki

Animation Director

Yu Yamashita

Supervising Animation Director

Hiroyuki Horiuchi

Animation Director

Toshihiko Masuda

Animation Director

Takeshi Ito

Animation Director

Takashi Hashimoto

Animation Director

Mitsuki Fukuda

Assistant Director

Yuka Shibata

Animation Director

Hiromi Kato

Animation Director

Eiko Saito

Animation Director

Yuriko Chiba

Animation Director

Seiichi Hashimoto

Animation Director

Naomi Saeki

Animation Director

Hideki Inoue

Animation Director

Masakazu Saitou

Animation Director

Manabu Nii

Animation Director

Masakazu Yoshimoto

Animation Director

Ryoko Ino

Animation Director

Saya Hirayama

Animation Director

Emi Honda

Animation Director

Yuki Oshima

Animation Director

Masahiko Komino

Animation Director

Jiko Abe

Animation Director

Kana Ishida

Animation Director

Yu Yamashita

Animation Director

Junichi Yamamoto

Second Unit Director

Mitsuki Fukuda

Second Unit Director

Kanae Aoki

Second Unit Director

Toshikatsu Tokoro

Second Unit Director

Kayona Yamada

Second Unit Director

Toshiya Niidome

Second Unit Director

Kiyomi Torii

Second Unit Director

Yuriko Chiba

Second Unit Director

Makoto Asanuma

Other

Toshihiro Takahashi

Other

Kazuhiko Akatsu

Other

Yoshitaka Tao

Other

Hidetoshi Taketoshi

Researcher

Shinobu Takita

Choreographer

Shinobu Takita

Other

Wilfried Romoli

Choreographer

Nikita Sukhorukov

Other

Yui Negishi

Other

Kozo Ueda

Painter

Katsuya Kondo

Lead Animator

Sawako Miyamoto

Lead Animator

Akiko Asaki

Lead Animator

Hiroko Yaguchi

Lead Animator

Atsuko Otani

Lead Animator

Eiji Nakada

Lead Animator

Mino Matsumoto

Lead Animator

Eiko Saito

Lead Animator

Takashi Hashimoto

Lead Animator

Fumiko Yoshida

Lead Animator

Yasuhiro Irie

Lead Animator

Seiichi Hashimoto

Lead Animator

Osamu Sato

Lead Animator

Koichiro Ueda

Key Animation

Kazuhide Tomonaga

Key Animation

Kazunori Ozawa

Key Animation

Shinichi Yoshikawa

Key Animation

Tooru Yoshida

Key Animation

Suzu

Key Animation

Kouichi Arai

Key Animation

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Key Animation

Mai Tsutsumi

Key Animation

Yukio Takatsu

Key Animation

Mariko Inagaki

Key Animation

Sayo Aoi

Key Animation

Nobuyuki Kitajima

Key Animation

Hiroshi Tatezaki

Key Animation

Shunji Suzuki

Key Animation

Minami Hirahara

Key Animation

Kanako Ono

Key Animation

Risa Yoshida

Key Animation

Yui Kinoshita

Key Animation

Shohei Nishijima

Key Animation

Reina Tsukakoshi

Key Animation

Yuri Tateiwa

Key Animation

Kanae Aoki

Key Animation

Shoei Kawanaka

Animation Production Assistant

Naomi Saeki

Key Animation

Chizuko Kusakabe

Key Animation

Kiyomi Torii

Key Animation

Manami Motoki

Key Animation

Shihomi Matsubayashi

Key Animation

Hisao Fuke

Animation Production Assistant

Masahide Yanagisawa

Key Animation

Kanon Akutsu

Key Animation

Eri Ariki

Key Animation

Hiroshi Kuri

Key Animation

Asuna Imahashi

Key Animation

Yuri Hashimoto

Key Animation

Takehiro Hamatsu

Key Animation

SNIPES

Key Animation

Kokunen Oh

Key Animation

Shinji Itadaki

Key Animation

Sawako Ito

Key Animation

Yuira Maeda

Key Animation

Papiko Aizo

Key Animation

Manabu Tanzawa

Key Animation

Hisayuki Tabata

Key Animation

Masashi Okumura

Key Animation

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Key Animation

Masayuki Tachibana

Key Animation

Saki Hasegawa

Key Animation

Yukie Kodama

Key Animation

Naoji Uehara

Key Animation

Kazuyo Hasegawa

Key Animation

Naoko Kouda

Key Animation

Shinsaku Nagura

3D Animator

Ryuto Ishii

3D Animator

Yukari Yoshida

3D Animator

Keiko Okuzawa

3D Animator

Ruri Yamashita

3D Animator

Atsushi Mimura

3D Animator

Hajime Nakajima

3D Animator

Yumi Nomura

Special Effects

Shinen Kazuyuki Konishi

Other

Arayna Karki

Other

Takayuki Kimura

Modeling

Kanae Ueki

Modeling

Runa Onoue

Modeling

Yuka Fujita

Modeling

Tomoya Miyagawa

Modeling

Asahi Uchida

Modeling

Haruki Katayama

Modeling

Hikaru Sano

Modeling

Ibuki Shindo

Modeling

Akemi Fujii

Modeling

Yuri Honda

Modeling

Tadayuki Koga

CG Animator

Yukitoshi Takigawa

CG Animator

Hisato Saito

CG Animator

Park Se-hui

CG Animator

Chinatsu Hara

CG Animator

Yuji Hirota

CG Animator

Yuko Kato

CG Animator

Takashi Nakano

CG Animator

Masashi Watanabe

CG Animator

Tomohiro Imada

CG Animator

Yoshitaka Itai

CG Animator

Takahiro Kamiya

CG Animator

Kazuyoshi Tezuka

CG Animator

Shuhei Hashimoto

CG Animator

Ryoji Shirakawa

CG Animator

Saki Nakayama

CG Animator

Keigo Matsubara

CG Animator

Yosuke Araki

CG Animator

Takeo Iwata

Motion Capture Artist

Hitoshi Noda

Motion Capture Artist

Satoshi Kitagawa

Motion Capture Artist

Katsuo Saito

Motion Capture Artist

Misako Ikeda

Motion Capture Artist

Mitsuru Okayasu

Motion Capture Artist

Chinatsu Yokoyama

Motion Capture Artist

Yoko Yonezu

Motion Capture Artist

Takuya Uehara

Motion Capture Artist

Yukari Kato

Motion Capture Artist

Mitsuho Ishii

2D Artist

Yuichi Suehiro

Other

Yuichi Suehiro

Background Designer

Sota Kameyama

Other

Sota Kameyama

Background Designer

Ryoma Yamada

Other

Ryoma Yamada

Background Designer

Mayumi Okabe

Other

Mayumi Okabe

Background Designer

Yuki Sugihara

Art Department Manager

Yuki Sugihara

Background Designer

Yohei Takamatsu

Art Designer

Liu Yuxuan

Art Designer

Akane Iwakuma

Art Designer

Akihiro Hirasawa

Art Designer

Akihiro Hirasawa

Other

Yuki Sugihara

Other

Takayuki Suzuki

Other

Takayuki Suzuki

Background Designer

Ryutaro Ueda

Other

Ryutaro Ueda

Background Designer

Yuji Kaneko

Other

Yuji Kaneko

Background Designer

Yasuomi Kishi

Background Designer

Keigo Higaonna

Background Designer

Naho Uematsu

Background Designer

Haruna Ara

Background Designer

Kenji Tamaki

Background Designer

Taro Goto

Background Designer

Zheng Lu

Background Designer

Kathy Lam

Background Designer

Yuichi Takayama

Assistant Director of Photography

Zhuang Zixian

Compositing Artist

Yuki Koshida

Compositing Artist

Miho Ikeda

Compositing Artist

Hiroki Ono

Compositing Artist

Satomu Kotake

Compositing Artist

Shingo Anami

Main Title Theme Composer

Eiko Morikawa

Sound Effects

Rio Sato

Sound Effects

Marin Sone

Sound Effects

Tetsuya Satake

Sound Mixer

Yoichi Sekine

Music Producer

Mikio Obata

Mixing Engineer

Kiyomi Yamada

Assistant Editor

Kuniyuki Ohnishi

Online Editor

Yui Tsukane

Online Editor

Mikiko Minayama

Colorist

Kayo Brunet

Location Coordinator

Stanislas Brunet

Location Coordinator

Yukio Takatsu

Location Coordinator

Mayumi Takatsu

Location Coordinator

Tomoko Egami

Publicist

Mizuki Watanabe

Publicist

Mami Ogawa

Post Production Coordinator

Kazumasa Ohno

Post-Production Manager

Koji Aoyagi

Post-Production Manager

Takeshi Imaizumi

Sound Recordist

Ryouji Kameda

Other

Saho Kawamura

Other

Nasa Nakaya

Other

Ryosuke Mozumi

Music Coordinator

Kazuma Sekiguchi

Publicist

Yukari Katakawa

Publicist

Ayano Inoue

Publicist

Mai Tsuji

Publicist

Aki Osamura

Publicist

Kazunori Shibata

Production Manager

Jin Tsuchihashi

Associate Producer

Kayo Brunet

Researcher

Stanislas Brunet

Researcher

Towa Mizuno

Production Assistant

Yoshino Takeda

Production Assistant

Makika Ishijima

Production Assistant

Hiroto Nakano

Production Assistant

Chisato Sugai

Production Assistant

Chie Sato

Assistant Sound Engineer

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Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur- (2026)

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