Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

2008 0h 35m JA

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★6.5TMDB · 595★7IMDB · 2,359

AnimationActionAdventureScience FictionComedy

Synopsis

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Following the defeat of Majin Buu, Son Goku and friends travel to Mr. Satan's newly-opened hotel for an all-you-can-eat banquet, when they are paid a visit by Vegeta's younger brother Tarble. They are informed by Tarble that the terrible brother duo of Abo and Cado have terrorized his planet and are on their way to Earth.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Masako Nozawa
Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
Takeshi Kusao
Trunks (voice)
Ryo Horikawa
Vegeta (voice)
Yusuke Numata
Abo (voice)
Kazunari Tanaka
Cado (voice)
Yasunori Masutani
Aka (voice)
Toru Furuya
Yamcha (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka
Kuririn / Yajirobe (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Writers: Takao Koyama
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 35-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Masako Nozawa and Takeshi Kusao and Ryo Horikawa carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1317478 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Yoshihiro Ueda directs. Shunsuke Kikuchi scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Tight 35-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Masako Nozawa and Takeshi Kusao and Ryo Horikawa carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt1317478 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Released under 26 different titles around the world.