Kimagure Orange☆Road: Tanabata Special

1987 0h 40m JA

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Tanabata is approaching but Kyousuke, being his usual indecisive self, is unable to invite Madoka to a concert and later gets beaten up after making Hikaru cry. In a hospital room Madoka approaches a sleeping Kyousuke, and then...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

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Director: Osamu Kobayashi
Writers: Izumi Matsumoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Kimagure Orange☆Road Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shiro Sagisu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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IMDB entry: tt15535646 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Osamu Kobayashi directs. Shiro Sagisu scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Kimagure Orange☆Road Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Shiro Sagisu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6IMDB entry: tt15535646 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.