A Tree of Palme

Distributed byToho Company (Japan)
ADV Films (North America)136 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

A Tree of Palme (Japanese: パルムの樹, Hepburn: Parumu no Ki) is a 2002 Japanese anime film,^[1] written and directed by Takashi Nakamura. It was an official selection of the 2002 Berlin Film Festival.

Story

A Tree of Palme can be seen as a distant allusion of the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It concerns a small puppet, Palme, who was tasked by his creator to look over his ailing wife, Xian. After her death, Palme is visited by a mysterious woman whom he mistakenly believes to be Xian. Shaken out of his sadness, Palme accepts her request to deliver something special to a far-off place known as Tama. This sets Palme off on a journey to discover his own emotions, and what it truly means to be human.

Voice cast

Characters and cast

Character	Japanese cast[2]	English cast
Palme	Akiko Hiramatsu[1]	Kira Vincent-Davis
Popo	Megumi Toyoguchi[1]	Jessica Boone
Shatta	Daisuke Sakaguchi[1]	Chris Patton
Koram	Yurika Hino	Allison Sumrall
Fou	Motomu Kiyokawa	Andy McAvin
Xian	Kouka	Christine Auten
Pu	Mika Kanai	Tiffany Grant
Mu	Etsuko Kozakura	Monica Rial
Barron	Rikako Aikawa	N/A
Roualt	Kappei Yamaguchi[1]	Michael Coleman
Daruyama	Mari Yokoo	Luci Christian
Gus	Unshou Ishizuka	John Swasey
Hota	Katsuhisa Houki	David Born
Baku	Takashi Nagasako	Mike Vance
Gyariko	Masashi Ebara	Chris Patton
Jamji	Ichirô Nagai	Jay Hickman
Zakuro	Isamu Tanonaka	John Swasey
Sawadust	Ryuuji Saikachi	Chris Ayres

References

External links

• Parumu no Ki at IMDb
• A Tree of Palme at Anime News Network's encyclopedia