One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword

"Zoro, you can even cut the moon!"

2004 1h 35m JA

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★6.9TMDB · 254★6.5IMDB · 2,997

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Synopsis

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The Straw Hat Pirates landed at Asuka Island, home of the most valuable sword in the world: The Seven Star Sword. Which was said to curse anyone who takes it in possession. When they got back to the Going Merry, they discovered that Zoro is missing from his guard duty. Before they could plan out a search party to relocate him. Luffy and friends escape from the port as Marines were on their tail. They found a new place to dock, which is near a village. Whose job is to keep the Seven Star Sword sealed. Soon it was attacked by the Marines, and among them is Zoro. Luffy and the others don't know why he's helping out the Marines. But it all comes to conclusion when Luffy encounters Saga: Zoro's childhood friend from Swordsman training.

“Zoro, you can even cut the moon!”

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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)
Ryoka Yuzuki
Maya (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi
Writers: Yoshiyuki Suga
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 22 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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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: "Zoro, you can even cut the moon!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1010435 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kazuhisa Takenouchi directs. Kohei Tanaka scores. Shinichi Fukumitsu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 22 years ago.
2Part of the "One Piece Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Original score by Kohei Tanaka. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Shinichi Fukumitsu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Mayumi Tanaka and Kazuya Nakai and Akemi Okamura carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Zoro, you can even cut the moon!".
7IMDB entry: tt1010435 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 24 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Kohei Tanaka
Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Box office: $13,422,333
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword (2004)
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 2,997 votes
MPAA: TV-14

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.