One Piece: Dead End Adventure

"Great pirates compete in the worst race in history!"

2003 1h 35m JA

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★7.0TMDB · 224

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Synopsis

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Desperate for cash, the Straw Hat Pirates enter a secret race between pirate crews known as the Dead End Competition. There, they must battle against powerful people, including the bounty hunter who wants to kill Gasparde and a climatic battle with Marine-turned-pirate Captain Gasparde.

“Great pirates compete in the worst race in history!”

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Cast

Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Nami (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Usopp (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Sanji (voice)
Ikue Otani
Tony Tony Chopper (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Nico Robin (voice)
Miki Sakai
Adelle Bascùd (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Konosuke Uda
Writers: Yoshiyuki Suga
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "One Piece Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Konosuke Uda, shot by Takumi Wakao. 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 Kohei Tanaka. 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 Shinichi Fukumitsu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Mayumi Tanaka and Kazuya Nakai and Akemi Okamura carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Great pirates compete in the worst race in history!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1006926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Konosuke Uda directs. Takumi Wakao behind the camera. Kohei Tanaka scores. Shinichi Fukumitsu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 23 years ago.
2Part of the "One Piece Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Konosuke Uda, shot by Takumi Wakao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kohei Tanaka. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Shinichi Fukumitsu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Mayumi Tanaka and Kazuya Nakai and Akemi Okamura carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Great pirates compete in the worst race in history!".
8IMDB entry: tt1006926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 25 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Takumi Wakao
Original score: Kohei Tanaka
Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Box office: $14,817,006
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: One Piece: Dead End Adventure (2003)

Part of

One Piece Collection

Collection of all the One Piece films, movie productions based on the famous manga and anime created by Eiichiro Oda. They expand the universe of the series and usually feature original stories that are not part of the main plot of the anime, although some are indirectly connected.