OZ

1992 1h 10m JA

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7.3

SOLID

★7.3TMDB · 3

AnimationScience FictionAction

Synopsis

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Oz is set in a post-apocalyptic near-future, following World War III. Much of the world has been reduced to desert. The surviving population has fragmented into many nations, and they're all fighting over the planet's declining resources. The only hope seems to be the legendary Oz, a lost laboratory founded by eminent scientists. Filicia Epstein, the surviving daughter of a family of prominent scientists, sets out with a mercenary named Yo Muto on a quest to find Oz and, she hopes, her missing brother Lyon, who is rumored to be there. Filicia and Muto get a lot more than they bargained for.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yasunori Matsumoto
Yuko Minaguchi
Koichi Yamadera
Keiko Toda
Toshiko Fujita

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Katsuhisa Yamada
Writers: Natsumi Itsuki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

ERA

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Yasunori Matsumoto and Yuko Minaguchi and Koichi Yamadera carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0105084 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Katsuhisa Yamada directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
234 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Yasunori Matsumoto and Yuko Minaguchi and Koichi Yamadera carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0105084 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.