Napping Princess

"There's a reason why I can see in dreams"

2017 1h 51m JA

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 134

FantasyAdventureAnimationDramaScience Fiction

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Japan, 2020, a few days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Although she should be studying for her final exams, Kokone, a schoolgirl who lives in a small town with her widowed father, a mysterious and talented mechanic, falls asleep often, anywhere, anytime, entering, over and over, a dream-world where a squad of fantastic motorized contraptions fights against magic, a world close to reality where she will find out the keys of her true past.

“There's a reason why I can see in dreams”

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Cast

Mitsuki Takahata
Kokone Morikawa / Aennchen (Ancien) (voice)
Yosuke Eguchi
Momotaro Morikawa / Piichi (Peach) (voice)
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Morio Sawatari (voice)
Rie Kugimiya
Joi (Joy) (voice)
Tomoya Maeno
Kijita / Takiji (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Sawatari (Morio's Father) / Ukkî (voice)
Hideki Takahashi
Isshin Shijima / Hâtorando-ô (King) (voice)
Arata Furuta
Ichiro Watanabe / Bewan (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Writers: Kenji Kamiyama, Kenji Kamiyama, Motonobu Hori
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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CAST

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333+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, shot by Koji Tanaka. 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 Yoko Shimomura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Mitsuki Takahata and Yosuke Eguchi and Shinnosuke Mitsushima carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There's a reason why I can see in dreams".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5731132 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kenji Kamiyama directs. Koji Tanaka behind the camera. Yoko Shimomura scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2333+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, shot by Koji Tanaka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Yoko Shimomura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Mitsuki Takahata and Yosuke Eguchi and Shinnosuke Mitsushima carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "There's a reason why I can see in dreams".
7IMDB entry: tt5731132 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 13 themes, including "dreams", "virtual reality", "magic", "autopilot".
9Released under 18 different titles around the world.