Space Pirate Captain Harlock

2013 1h 55m JA

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 1,119

AnimationScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Shun Oguri
Captain Harlock (voice)
Haruma Miura
Yama (voice)
Yu Aoi
Miime (voice)
Arata Furuta
Yattaran (voice)
Ayano Fukuda
Tori-san (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Isora (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Nami (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Roujin (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Writers: Harutoshi Fukui, Kiyoto Takeuchi, Leiji Matsumoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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MONEY

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Earned back only 60% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Space Pirate Captain Harlock Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Shun Oguri and Haruma Miura and Yu Aoi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2668134 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shinji Aramaki directs. Tetsuya Takahashi scores. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 60% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Part of the "Space Pirate Captain Harlock Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Tetsuya Takahashi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Shun Oguri and Haruma Miura and Yu Aoi carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt2668134 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.