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"Three unforgettable tales from the masters of anime."

1995 1h 53m JA

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FantasyAnimationScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.

“Three unforgettable tales from the masters of anime.”

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Cast

Tsutomu Isobe
Heinz Beckner (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Miguel Costrela (voice)
Shozo Iizuka
Ivanov (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Aoshima (voice)
Gara Takashima
Eva Friedel (voice)
Ami Hasegawa
Emily (voice)
Hideyuki Hori
Nobuo Tanaka (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Oomaeda (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Writers: Satoshi Kon, Katsuhiro Otomo, Katsuhiro Otomo
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, shot by Hiroaki Edamitsu. 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 Hiroyuki Nagashima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Takeshi Seyama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Tsutomu Isobe and Koichi Yamadera and Shozo Iizuka carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Three unforgettable tales from the masters of anime.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0113799 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Katsuhiro Otomo directs. Hiroaki Edamitsu behind the camera. Hiroyuki Nagashima scores. Takeshi Seyama cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

131 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, shot by Hiroaki Edamitsu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Hiroyuki Nagashima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Takeshi Seyama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Tsutomu Isobe and Koichi Yamadera and Shozo Iizuka carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Three unforgettable tales from the masters of anime.".
7IMDB entry: tt0113799 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 12 themes, including "based on comic", "anthology", "space", "disaster".
9Released under 16 different titles around the world.