The Glacier Fox

The Glacier Fox
Film poster
Directed byKoreyoshi Kurahara
Screenplay byKoreyoshi Kurahara
Produced by
Narrated by
Cinematography
  • Akira Shiizuka
  • Masao Tochizawa
  • Seizo Sengen
  • Tsuguzo Matsumae
  • Hideo Omura
  • Keisuke Tateishi
  • Yoshio Mamiya
Edited by
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byToho-Towa
Release dates
  • July 15, 1978 (1978-07-15) (Japan)
  • January 5, 1979 (1979-01-05) (United States)
Running time
  • 117 minutes (original release)
  • 97 minutes (anniversary edition)
  • 90 minutes (American version)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office
  • ¥970 million (Japan)
  • $3.5 million (United States)

The Glacier Fox (Japanese: キタキツネ物語, Hepburn: Kita-kitsune monogatari), also known as The Story of the Northern Fox and The Fox: In the Quest of the Northern Sun, is a 1978 Japanese nature docufiction film written and directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara. It was released in Japan on July 15, 1978, where it was distributed by Toho. The film follows the lives of two red foxes and their family in northern Japan.

The Glacier Fox preceded two other Kurahara-directed animal films: 1980's Elephant Story (象物語, Zou monogatari) and the 1983 blockbuster Antarctica (南極物語, Nankyoku monogatari).