Chimney Town: Frozen in Time

"A promise. A journey to find you."

2026 1h 38m JA

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4.5

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★4.5TMDB · 4

AnimationDramaFantasyAdventure

Synopsis

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After losing his friend Poupelle, young Lubicchi wanders into a mysterious realm where a clock in a tower is frozen at 11:59. To return home, he must restart it – and find the courage to believe again.

“A promise. A journey to find you.”

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Cast

Masataka Kubota
Halloween Poupelle (voice)
Mana Ashida
Lubicchi (voice)
Yuzuna Nagase
Fuka Koshiba
Nagi (voice)
Mitsuo Yoshihara
Gus (voice)
Anna Tsuchiya
Nezumi (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Shingo Fujimori
Scopp (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yusuke Hirota
Writers: Akihiro Nishino
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Masataka Kubota and Mana Ashida and Yuzuna Nagase carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A promise. A journey to find you.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt39371353 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yusuke Hirota directs. Harumi Fuuki scores. Kiyoshi Hirose cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
2Part of the "Chimney Town Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Harumi Fuuki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Kiyoshi Hirose shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Masataka Kubota and Mana Ashida and Yuzuna Nagase carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A promise. A journey to find you.".
8IMDB entry: tt39371353 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.