The Mighty Gin Rei

1994 0h 25m JA

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★10.0TMDB · 1

AdventureAnimationScience Fiction

Synopsis

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A spin-off of Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still A wild and crazy adventure involving Daisaku defecting to BF (here Blue Flower), lots of drag and the apparent drinking of a Shizuma drive.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sumi Shimamoto
Gin Rei (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Daisaku Kusama (voice)
Kazue Komiya
Youshi (voice)
Masashi Ebara
Professor Go (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
Taiso (voice)
Shozo Iizuka
Tetsugyu (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Issei (voice)
Yasuyoshi Hara
Ivan (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
Writers: Yuu Sugitani, Michiko Yokote, Umanosuke Iida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 25-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Gin Rei Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Keiichi Sugiyama, shot by Yutaka Saito. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Sumi Shimamoto and Kappei Yamaguchi and Kazue Komiya carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Keiichi Sugiyama directs. Yutaka Saito behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 25-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
232 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Gin Rei Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Keiichi Sugiyama, shot by Yutaka Saito. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Sumi Shimamoto and Kappei Yamaguchi and Kazue Komiya carry the top of the cast.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yutaka Saito
Runtime: 25 min · 0h 25m
Status: Released
Original language: JA

Part of

Gin Rei Collection

In the first part, Ginrei's dress is stolen, only to be used to fool the enemy. The second part deals with a giant robot made exactly in her image. Finally, the third part concerns Tetsugyu and Ginrei investigating a lost research team in a "wild west" desert setting.