Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug

1991 0h 52m JA

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6.5

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 607★6.5IMDB · 7,481

ActionAnimationScience Fiction

Synopsis

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A Super Namekian named Slug comes to invade Earth. But the Z Warriors do their best to stop Slug and his gang.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Toshio Furukawa
Piccolo (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Slug / Shenlong (voice)
Masako Nozawa
Son Goku / Son Gohan (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka
Kuririn / Yajirobe (voice)
Joji Yanami
North Kaiou (voice)
Naoko Watanabe
Chi Chi (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru
Bulma Briefs (voice)
Kohei Miyauchi
Muten Roshi (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Languages: English, Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 52-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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3 / 7

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Dragon Ball Z Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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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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6 / 7

CAST

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Toshio Furukawa and Kenji Utsumi and Masako Nozawa carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0142244 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Mitsuo Hashimoto directs. Shunsuke Kikuchi scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in English, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 52-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
235 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
4Part of the "Dragon Ball Z Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Toshio Furukawa and Kenji Utsumi and Masako Nozawa carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0142244 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 26 different titles around the world.