Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 1

2021 0h 54m JA

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 47

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Synopsis

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The story is set in London at the end of the 19th century. A new task has been assigned to Team White Pigeon, a group of spies from the Commonwealth. It is a delivery of a used bookstore owner to the Commonwealth. Ange, Dorothy and Chise successfully recapture the owner, who had been held in a detention center by the Kingdom. Meanwhile, the "spy hunt" became more intense in the Kingdom following an assassination attempt on the queen, and tension is strained at Control in the Commonwealth. Control speculates that the spy who has dispatched to the royal family might be a "double agent." To find out the truth, they order Team White Pigeon to contact with the spy, whose codename is "Bishop." How their new mission will be accomplished? And who is "Bishop"?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Aoi Koga
Ange (voice)
Akira Sekine
Princess (voice)
You Taichi
Dorothy (voice)
Akari Kageyama
Beatrice (voice)
Nozomi Furuki
Chise (voice)
Takayuki Sugo
L (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
7 (voice)
Hiroyuki Honda
Dollyshop (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writers: Masaki Tachibana, Noboru Kimura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 54-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Princess Principal Crown Handler Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Masaki Tachibana, shot by Yu Wakabayashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yuki Kajiura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Aoi Koga and Akira Sekine and You Taichi carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8354164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Masaki Tachibana directs. Yu Wakabayashi behind the camera. Yuki Kajiura scores. Go Sadamatsu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 54-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Part of the "Princess Principal Crown Handler Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Masaki Tachibana, shot by Yu Wakabayashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yuki Kajiura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Go Sadamatsu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Aoi Koga and Akira Sekine and You Taichi carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt8354164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 47 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.