Chainsaw Man - The Compilation Part 1

2025 2h 0m JA

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Synopsis

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Denji is a young man who makes a pact with a demon and ends up working as a Devil Hunter hunting devils.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kikunosuke Toya
Denji
Shogo Sakata
Aki Hayakawa
Tomori Kusunoki
Makima
Fairouz Ai
Power
Shiori Izawa
Pochita (voice)
Marina Inoue
Denji (Young) (voice)
Mariya Ise
Himeno (voice)
Kenjiro Tsuda
Kishibe (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Writers: Ryu Nakayama, Shingo Yamashita, Tatsuki Fujimoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released last year.

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CINEMA

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Kikunosuke Toya and Shogo Sakata and Tomori Kusunoki carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tatsuya Yoshihara directs. Masato Yoshitake cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Part of the "Chainsaw Man Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Editor Masato Yoshitake shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Kikunosuke Toya and Shogo Sakata and Tomori Kusunoki carry the top of the cast.
5Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Masato Yoshitake
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13

Part of

Chainsaw Man Collection

Officially, Chainsaw Man The Compilation is a two-part movie, and Crunchyroll’s announcement identifies Tatsuya Yoshihara as its director, while the 2022 TV series was directed by Ryū Nakayama. Reze Arc is officially described as continuing that story, and the official Chainsaw Man site later programmed Compilation Part 1, Compilation Part 2, and Reze Arc together as a single 5 hour 13 minute overnight screening route. Fan-documented discussion around the Compilation films also points to substantial revision work under Yoshihara rather: re-recorded or more energetic voice performances, dialogue changes noted as closer to manga wording, faster fight tempo and removal of some slow pauses, changed music choices, restoration of the Gun Devil casualty information, removal of some anime-original scene material, and added Chainsaw Days animation. Taken together, that makes the Compilation films a revised theatrical retelling that leads directly into director Tatsuya Yoshihara's Reze Arc.