Pokémon 3: The Movie

"This spring the Unown spells adventure."

2000 1h 13m JA

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 713

AdventureFantasyAnimationActionFamily

Synopsis

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When the sadness of her father's disappearance gets to Molly Hale, she unknowingly uses the Unown to create her own dream world along with Entei, who she believes to be her father. When Entei kidnaps Ash's mother, Ash — alongside Misty and Brock — invade the mansion looking for his mom and trying to stop the mysteries of Molly's Dream World and Entei!

“This spring the Unown spells adventure.”

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Cast

Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice)
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Yuji Ueda
Takeshi / Yorunozuku / Sonans (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kojiro / Hitodeman/ Lizardon/ Nyorozo / Zubat (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth (voice)
Naoto Takenaka
Sully Snowdon / Entei (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Writers: Takeshi Shudo, Kunihiko Yuyama, Hatsuki Tsuji
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.

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ERA

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

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Pokémon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, shot by Hisao Shirai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Rica Matsumoto and Ikue Otani and Yuji Ueda carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This spring the Unown spells adventure.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0235679 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kunihiko Yuyama directs. Hisao Shirai behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.
326 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Pokémon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, shot by Hisao Shirai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Rica Matsumoto and Ikue Otani and Yuji Ueda carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "This spring the Unown spells adventure.".
8IMDB entry: tt0235679 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "mountain village", "young boy", "fighting", "family".
10Released under 41 different titles around the world.