Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

"The odds are 10 billion to 2."

1992 0h 46m JA

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 1,125

ActionAnimationScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.

“The odds are 10 billion to 2.”

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Cast

Masako Nozawa
Son Gokû / Son Gohan (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Piccolo (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka
Kuririn / Yajirobe (voice)
Ryo Horikawa
Vegeta (voice)
Kohei Miyauchi
Kame-sen'nin (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta
Oolong (voice)
Tomiko Suzuki
Dende (voice)
Toku Nishio
Mr. Popo (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daisuke Nishio
Writers: Takao Koyama
Languages: English, Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 46-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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3 / 8

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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CAST

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Masako Nozawa and Toshio Furukawa and Mayumi Tanaka carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The odds are 10 billion to 2.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0142237 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

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

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 46-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
234 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.
6Masako Nozawa and Toshio Furukawa and Mayumi Tanaka carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The odds are 10 billion to 2.".
8IMDB entry: tt0142237 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "martial arts", "cyborg", "transformation", "space travel".
10Released under 28 different titles around the world.