Heart and Yummie

2010 1h 29m JA

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8.1

BANGER

★8.1TMDB · 104

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Synopsis

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Heart is a tyrannosaurus who is found and raised by a herbivore mother. After learning his true nature as a meat eater, he runs away from home and finds a baby ankylosaurus egg that hatches and thinks Heart is his father. After accidentally naming the baby Yummie - thinking he looked tasty - their love for one another tests the bounds of nature vs. nurture.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kappei Yamaguchi
Heart (voice)
Seishirou Katou
Umasou (voice)
Tomoyo Harada
Mother (voice)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima
Light (voice)
Tetsuya Bessho
One-eyed Bacu (voice)
Rikako Aikawa
Heart (young) (voice)
Takuya Kirimoto
Gonza (voice)
Maria Kawamura
Licker (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Masaya Fujimori
Writers: Osamu Murakami, Hiroaki Jinno, Masaya Fujimori
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Masaya Fujimori, shot by Akio Saito. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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ERA

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Original score by Tamiya Terashima. 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 Yuriko Sano 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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Kappei Yamaguchi and Seishirou Katou and Tomoyo Harada carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1734113 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Masaya Fujimori directs. Akio Saito behind the camera. Tamiya Terashima scores. Yuriko Sano cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Directed by Masaya Fujimori, shot by Akio Saito. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Tamiya Terashima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Yuriko Sano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kappei Yamaguchi and Seishirou Katou and Tomoyo Harada carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1734113 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.