Scarlet

2025 1h 52m JA

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 144

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Synopsis

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After failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge against her nemesis and reach the "No End Place," she will become "Void" and cease to exist. Can Scarlet find a way to live at the end of her endless journey?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mana Ashida
Scarlet (voice)
Masaki Okada
Hijiri (voice)
Yutaka Matsushige
Cornelius (voice)
Kotaro Yoshida
Voltemand (voice)
Koji Yakusho
Claudius (voice)
Masachika Ichimura
Amulet (voice)
Yuki Saito
Gertrude (voice)
Shota Sometani
Guildenstern (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Writers: Mamoru Hosoda, Mamoru Hosoda
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan, United States of America

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ERA

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Released last year.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Japan, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, shot by Akiko Saito. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 7

CAST

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Mana Ashida and Masaki Okada and Yutaka Matsushige carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt35114460 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mamoru Hosoda directs. Akiko Saito behind the camera. Taisei Iwasaki scores. Shigeru Nishiyama cuts. Produced in Japan, United States of America. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Released last year.
2International production across 2 countries: Japan, United States of America.
3Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, shot by Akiko Saito. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Taisei Iwasaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Shigeru Nishiyama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Mana Ashida and Masaki Okada and Yutaka Matsushige carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt35114460 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Akiko Saito
Original score: Taisei Iwasaki
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Production design: Anri Jojo
Costume design: Daisuke Iga
Stunt coordinator: Kensuke Sonomura
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,730,000
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Scarlet (2025)

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CinemaSerf2026-03-19
★ 6/10
Based very loosely on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, this follows the perilous adventures of the princess “Scarlet” as she seeks retribution for the assassination of her kingly father by her uncle “Claudius”. He is aware that she is going to try something and so arranges for her to join him in the Land of the Dead. That plan doesn’t quite go to plan and though she ends up there, she is not yet consumed by it's nothingness. No sooner has she arrived than she encounters and allies with the confused young 21st century paramedic “Hijiri” and they both set about attempting to thwart the regicidal “Claudius” and his scheming wife “Gertrude”. The first thing I noticed watching this was how linear and two-dimensional the animation was. The backgrounds are uncomfortably static whilst the princess and her friend face many a foe, and there are too many rather bland music and dance numbers that really only serve to stagger this film’s already quite staccato pacing. Their adventures are presented in an curiously sterile and episodic fashion, almost emulating progressive gaming levels, and though there is an opportunity to develop both her and “Claudius” as characters, Mamoru Hisada seems to have decided to skip those stages and so leave us with something unfortunately undercooked. There are some action scenes now and again but they don’t really breathe enough life into this to raise it from the realms of the lacklustre. It’s watchable enough, but somewhat disappointing.

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