xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream

"Are you prepared to believe anything?"

2005 1h 0m JA

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 41

AnimationComedyDramaMysteryFantasy

Synopsis

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Invited to a wealthy client's mansion, time-traveling witch Yuko and her companions arrive to find a group of collectors assembled to participate in a mysterious auction. And the mystery only deepens when the collectors go missing one by one. As more guests disappear and strange occurrences abound, Yuko and her friends realize they must solve the mystery before they vanish as well.

“Are you prepared to believe anything?”

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Cast

Sayaka Ohara
Yuko Ichihara (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Watanuki Kimihiro (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Shizuka Domeki (voice)
Shizuka Itoh
Himawari Kunogi (voice)
Mika Kikuchi
Mokona (voice)
Hisayo Mochizuki
Moro (voice)
Miyu Irino
Syaoran (voice)
Kazuko Kojima
Maru (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writers: Junichi Fujisaku, Taiki Sakurai
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, shot by Hisashi Ezura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Sayaka Ohara and Jun Fukuyama and Kazuya Nakai carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Are you prepared to believe anything?".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0466405 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tsutomu Mizushima directs. Hisashi Ezura behind the camera. Tsuneyoshi Saito scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 21 years ago.
3Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, shot by Hisashi Ezura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Tsuneyoshi Saito. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Sayaka Ohara and Jun Fukuyama and Kazuya Nakai carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Are you prepared to believe anything?".
7IMDB entry: tt0466405 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Released under 13 different titles around the world.