Captain Tsubasa Movie 01: The Great Competition of Europe

1985 0h 41m JA

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7.5

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★7.5TMDB · 60

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Synopsis

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Tsubasa and his comrades take on the "All-Europe Boy's Soccer Team", a league of players with skills that they have never seen before in previous matches. Will Team Japan come out on top against this diverse group of players?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Akari Hibino
Tsubasa Oozora (voice)
Kouichi Hashimoto
Genzou Wakabayashi (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Kojirou Hyuuga (voice)
Eiko Yamada
Tarou Misaki (voice)
Hiroko Maruyama
Ryou Ishizaki (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Ken Wakashimazu (voice)
Keiichi Nanba
Karl-Heinz Schneider (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
Elle Sid Pierre (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tatsuya Okamoto
Writers: Yoshiyuki Suga, Tatsuya Okamoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 41-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Captain Tsubasa Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tatsuya Okamoto, shot by Akihiko Takahashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Akari Hibino and Kouichi Hashimoto and Hirotaka Suzuoki carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1569361 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 60 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tatsuya Okamoto directs. Akihiko Takahashi behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 41-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
241 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Captain Tsubasa Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Tatsuya Okamoto, shot by Akihiko Takahashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Akari Hibino and Kouichi Hashimoto and Hirotaka Suzuoki carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt1569361 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 60 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.