Sailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose

"The Future Depends On Scout Power!"

1993 1h 1m JA

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Synopsis

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While enjoying the flower gardens, Sailor Moon and friends encounter an old childhood friend of Mamoru's: an alien! He's come back to give Mamoru a special flower but doesn't like Usagi and the rest of the planet's inhabitants. Sailor Moon must defend the earth from the evil Kisenian Flower he's brought back... before the evil vines and blossoms overrun the planet!

“The Future Depends On Scout Power!”

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Cast

Kotono Mitsuishi
Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon (voice)
Toru Furuya
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
Michie Tomizawa
Rei Hino / Sailor Mars (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury (voice)
Emi Shinohara
Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter (voice)
Rica Fukami
Minako Aino / Sailor Venus (voice)
Keiko Han
Luna (voice)
Yasuhiro Takato
Artemis (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara
Writers: Sukehiro Tomita
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Sailor Moon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, shot by Motoi Takahashi. 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 Takanori Arisawa. 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 Yasuhiro Yoshikawa 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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Kotono Mitsuishi and Toru Furuya and Michie Tomizawa carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Future Depends On Scout Power!".

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The take

Kunihiko Ikuhara directs. Motoi Takahashi behind the camera. Takanori Arisawa scores. Yasuhiro Yoshikawa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
233 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Sailor Moon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, shot by Motoi Takahashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Takanori Arisawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Yasuhiro Yoshikawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kotono Mitsuishi and Toru Furuya and Michie Tomizawa carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The Future Depends On Scout Power!".
9IMDB entry: tt0106417 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "asteroid", "magic", "superhero", "transformation".
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.