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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Ojamanga Yamada-kun
1981 0h 27m JA
AnimationFamilyComedy
Synopsis
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The Yamada family lives in Tokyo's Higashi Edogawa Ward. Noboru, the second son and high school student, dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. One day, he hears about a scout from a pro team! However, it turns out that it's not a pro baseball player, but a scout to become a professional wrestler! Ine, the housewife of the Yamada family and landlady of the Yamada-so apartment building they run, has recently gained weight. To lose weight, she joins a nearby tennis club, but there she runs into her son, Noboru, who is trying to join the club in search of girls!
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Columbia Top
Reiko Suzuki
Kenbo Kaminarimon
Hiroko Maruyama
Mitsuo Senda
Akie Yasuda
Keiko Han
Koichi Kitamura
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu
- Writers
- Yutaka Kaneko, Hisaichi Ishii, Tomoko Konparu
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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ERA
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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
Did you know
Columbia Top and Reiko Suzuki and Kenbo Kaminarimon carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 245 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Columbia Top and Reiko Suzuki and Kenbo Kaminarimon carry the top of the cast.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 27 min · 0h 27m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu
Production companies
Who made it
KADOKAWA Shoten
JP
Key crew
- Original StoryHisaichi Ishii
- ProducerTadami Watanabe
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- anime
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1981-03-14
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