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Format: TV
Episodes: 52
Episode length: 26 min
Status: Finished
Aired from: Jan 4, 1976
Until: Dec 26, 1976
Season: Winter 1976
Source: Other
Average score: 72%
Mean score: 73%
Popularity: 5,010
Favorites: 101
Studio: Nippon Animation
Genres: Drama, Adventure
Romaji: Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri
English: 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
Native: 母をたずねて三千里
Synonyms: Sekai Meisaku Gekijou 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother Marco From the Appenines to the Andes World Masterpiece Theater WMT הלב

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

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Based on a short section of the novel Cuore by the Italian Edmondo de Amicis, Marco is a young boy living in Genoa, Italy, together with his father Pietro. But the family is not complete, for Marco`s mother left for Argentina around a year earlier in order to find work. Letters from her arrive regularly until one day they suddenly stop. Worry for his mother and what might have happened to her overcomes the young boy. Marco thus decides to embark upon a journey to Argentina in the hope of being reunited with his mother. At first, Pietro is opposed to Marco`s plan, but moved by his son`s enthusiasm, he eventually allows the boy to go. So begins Marco`s long journey of the heart. Marco encounters many people throughout his travels, and finds maturity and self-acceptance as a result of his experiences.

(Source: Nippon Animation)