Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
Casts & Crew
Gabriel Damon
Mickey Rooney
René Auberjonois
Danny Mann
Laura Mooney
Bernard Erhard
Bill Martin
Sherry Lynn
Nancy Cartwright
Also Directed by Masami Hata
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Nationalist propaganda.
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