The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

"Am I happier in the world that had Haruhi in it, or the one where she disappeared?"

2010 2h 42m JA

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7.9

BANGER

★7.9TMDB · 295

AnimationScience FictionMysteryDrama

Synopsis

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A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

“Am I happier in the world that had Haruhi in it, or the one where she disappeared?”

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Cast

Tomokazu Sugita
Kyon (voice)
Aya Hirano
Haruhi Suzumiya (voice)
Minori Chihara
Yuki Nagato (voice)
Yuko Goto
Mikuru Asahina (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Itsuki Koizumi (voice)
Natsuko Kuwatani
Ryoko Asakura (voice)
Yuki Matsuoka
Tsuruya (voice)
Minoru Shiraishi
Taniguchi (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto
Writers: Fumihiko Shimo, Noriko Takao, Yasuhiro Takemoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 162 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, shot by Ryuta Nakagami. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kengo Shigemura 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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Tomokazu Sugita and Aya Hirano and Minori Chihara carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yasuhiro Takemoto directs. Ryuta Nakagami behind the camera. Satoru Kosaki scores. Kengo Shigemura cuts. A long sit — settle in. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 162 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.
4Released 16 years ago.
5Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, shot by Ryuta Nakagami. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Satoru Kosaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Kengo Shigemura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Tomokazu Sugita and Aya Hirano and Minori Chihara carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Am I happier in the world that had Haruhi in it, or the one where she disappeared?".
10IMDB entry: tt1572781 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "high school", "holiday", "supernatural", "sequel".