Heart and Yummie

About the story

Heart (voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi) is a tyrannosaurus raised by a herbivorous dinosaur. In fact, when he first hatched, the herbivores' leader ordered his mother (voiced by Tomoyo Harada) to abandon him, but she secretly raised him anyway. As Heart grows, the wild fruit he eats every day leaves him unbearably hungry. Finally unable to resist his instincts, he begins a brutal life as a meat eater. Yet his mother's influence keeps a kind heart alive deep within him. One day, he happens upon a newly hatched herbivorous baby dinosaur, who mistakenly takes him for “Dad.” Heart names the little dinosaur “Yummie,” beginning another unusual father-and-son bond between dinosaurs. But as their environment deteriorates, the dinosaurs' survival faces unprecedented devastation. Can Heart and his family withstand the ordeal…? This film is adapted from the picture book of the same name by renowned Japanese picture-book author Tatsuya Miyanishi. The book won the grand prize at the Kenbuchi Picture Book Village Awards.