Tekkonkinkreet

"You can see everything from here"

2006 1h 43m JA

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7.4

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77%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

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7.5

IMDB

★7.4TMDB · 452🍅77%Rotten Tomatoes●65Metacritic★7.5IMDB · 14,876

AnimationActionAdventure

Synopsis

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Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.

“You can see everything from here”

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Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya
Kuro / Itachi (voice)
Yusuke Iseya
Kimura (voice)
Yu Aoi
Shiro (voice)
Kankuro Kudo
Sawada (voice)
Min Tanaka
Suzuki (voice)
Rokuro Naya
Jitcha (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Fujimura (voice)
Mugihito
Kumichô (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Arias
Writers: Masahiko Kubo, Kōji Morimoto, Shojiro Nishimi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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1 / 7

MONEY

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Shot for just $4.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mutsumi Takemiya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Kazunari Ninomiya and Yusuke Iseya and Yu Aoi carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You can see everything from here".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0831888 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Arias directs. Plaid scores. Mutsumi Takemiya cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 20 years ago.
3Original score by Plaid. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Mutsumi Takemiya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kazunari Ninomiya and Yusuke Iseya and Yu Aoi carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "You can see everything from here".
7IMDB entry: tt0831888 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 12 themes, including "flying", "yakuza", "minotaur", "based on manga".

The technical file

Original score: Plaid
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
Sound: Mitch Osias
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,200,000
Original language: JA
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 77% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 65/100
IMDB rating: 7.5/10 · 14,876 votes
MPAA: R
US box office: $6,000

Awards

5 wins & 1 nomination total

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the_blueeyes2022-07-24
★ 10/10
This is my favourite anime of all time. It is wonderfully animated in a more untraditional style by an US born director who works mostly in Japan. No worlds of skinny supercute girls and hunky boys. This movie roots it properly. It takes you trough sadness, optimism, brotherhood, heroism and a struggle of survival. A movie about life as we know it. With amazing music by Plaid to top this masterpiece you are bound to be touch emotionally in one way or another by this Anime. Tekkon is a must see film, even if you don´t like Animé.

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