Niger Story

Niger Story

サハラ砂漠で生まれた寓話集

2017 · 23 min · Animation, Documentary, Fantasy, History

A collection of seven little stories about Niger and its Sahara desert from the illustrated book by Hideko Fukuda & Masanori Inui.

Directed by Masahiro Nishioka

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Keiko Jin'no narrator

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