Movie: Run Melos!

Top 2 Billed Cast

Toshio Furukawa
古川登志夫

Pauze

Makio Inoue
井上真樹夫

Serinuntious

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    Hashire Melos! is the title of two Japanese animated films. The first was directed by Tomoharu Katsumata and released on Japanese television on February 7, 1981. It was either 68 or 87 minutes long, and its official title did not include the exclamation mark on the end. The second, with the exclamation mark, was a 107-minute remake of the first and was released on July 25, 1992. It featured direction and screenplay by Masaaki Osumi, music by Kazumasa Oda, art by Hiroyuki Okiura and Satoshi Kon, and background art by Hiroshi Ohno. Both were produced by Toei Company Ltd. Visual 80, and both were based on the original short story written by Osamu Dazai in 1940.

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    1981-02-07

  • Average

    6.4

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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    日本語
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