Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth

"The End of Everything Begins..."

2013 1h 38m JA

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 72

AnimationFantasyAdventure

Synopsis

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In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. Suddenly made the leader of his fellow classmates Yukari and Junpei by his upperclassmen Mitsuru and Akihiko, Makoto must learn empathy, his connection to his comrades, and the meaning of death. With the power of his Evoker aimed at his head he awakens a Persona and fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus.

“The End of Everything Begins...”

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Cast

Akira Ishida
Makoto Yuki / Pharos (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
Yukari Takeba (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi
Junpei Iori (voice)
Rie Tanaka
Mitsuru Kirijo (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
Akihiko Sanada (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Fuuka Yamagishi (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Shinjiro Aragaki (voice)
Isamu Tanonaka
Igor (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Noriaki Akitaya
Writers: Kazuma Kaneko, Kouji Okada, Riki Fukushima
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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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 "Persona3 THE MOVIE Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Takashi Sakurai 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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Akira Ishida and Megumi Toyoguchi and Kohsuke Toriumi carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The End of Everything Begins...".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3198652 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Noriaki Akitaya directs. Shoji Meguro scores. Takashi Sakurai cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 13 years ago.
2Part of the "Persona3 THE MOVIE Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Original score by Shoji Meguro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Takashi Sakurai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Akira Ishida and Megumi Toyoguchi and Kohsuke Toriumi carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The End of Everything Begins...".
7IMDB entry: tt3198652 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score: Shoji Meguro
Editing: Takashi Sakurai
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,956,267
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth (2013)

Part of

Persona3 THE MOVIE Collection

Terrible creatures lurk in the dark, preying on those who wander into the hidden hour that lies between one day and the next—the Dark Hour. A secret school club known as SEES defends humanity from horrors and disasters while working to solve the mystery of the Dark Hour once and for all. A movie based on the 2006 RPG Persona 3, announced at the end of the Persona 4 compilation movie, The Factor of Hope.