Welcome to the Space Show

2010 2h 16m JA

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 52

AnimationScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Five children save the life of a dog-like alien while at a self-run summer camp. He attempts to reward them by taking them to an alien colony on the Moon. Events take a turn for the worse when his report on that attack that injured him causes passage from the Moon to the Earth to be banned, and children are stranded in space. The children need to find a way back home before camp ends and their parents discover that they are missing. They also have to avoid the poachers that injured their alien friend, and now seem to be stalking them all.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Takuto Yoshinaga
Koji Harada (voice)
Tomoyo Kurosawa
Natsuki Koyama (voice)
Tamaki Matsumoto
Noriko Nishimura (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Pochi Rickman (voice)
Honoka Ikezuki
Amane Suzuki (voice)
Masaya Onosaka
Bogner (voice)
Noriko Hidaka
Hanako (voice)
Masanori Takeda
Heston (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Koji Masunari
Writers: Koji Masunari, Hideyuki Kurata, Hideyuki Kurata
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Koji Masunari, shot by Takaharu Ozaki. 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 Yoshihiro Ike. 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 Masahiro Goto 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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Takuto Yoshinaga and Tomoyo Kurosawa and Tamaki Matsumoto carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1679681 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 52 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Koji Masunari directs. Takaharu Ozaki behind the camera. Yoshihiro Ike scores. Masahiro Goto cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 16 years ago.
2Directed by Koji Masunari, shot by Takaharu Ozaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Yoshihiro Ike. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Masahiro Goto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Takuto Yoshinaga and Tomoyo Kurosawa and Tamaki Matsumoto carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt1679681 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 52 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.