Fly! Peek the Whale

1991 1h 20m JA

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8.1

BANGER

★8.1TMDB · 6

AnimationAdventureDramaFamily

Synopsis

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As a little boy Kei saw his fisherman father lost at sea only seconds after catching his parting gift of a pan flute carved from whalebone. A few years later young Kei and his kid brother Moito discover a baby whale trapped by a rock in a shallow inlet near the Spanish coast.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Noriko Sakai
Kai
Kazutoshi Ikura
Moito
Norio Wakamoto
Dad
Fumio Matsuoka
Grandfather
Keiko Yokozawa
Myra
Shozo Iizuka
Odeon
Kenichi Ono
Pock
Shin Aomori
Gorusa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kōji Morimoto
Writers: Keiko Nobumoto, Hideto Hara, Kōji Morimoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kazuo Inoue 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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Noriko Sakai and Kazutoshi Ikura and Norio Wakamoto carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0375141 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kōji Morimoto directs. Kazuo Inoue cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
235 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Kazuo Inoue shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Noriko Sakai and Kazutoshi Ikura and Norio Wakamoto carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0375141 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.