is the title of two Japanese animated films. The first was directed by

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and released on Japanese television on February 7, 1981. It was 68 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

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, music by

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, art by

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and

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, and background art by Hiroshi Ohno. The first film was produced by Toei and the second by Visual 80, and both were based on the original short story written by

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in 1940.

Plot

The story takes places in 360 BC and tells the tale of Melos, a Greek country man who is arrested and accused of conspiracy against the king. He gets three days to travel to his sister's wedding while Selinentius (Selinae), a brilliant sculptor who Melos just met, stays as a hostage. As opposed to Osamu Dazai's original story, Melos is here innocent of the conspiracy accusation.

Cast for the 1992 film

* Aki Mizusawa as Queen Phryne. *

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as Dionysius II. *

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as Raisa, Selinentius' lover. *

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as Village Chief. *

Kōichi Yamadera is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with th ...

as Melos. *

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as Clea, Melos' sister *

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as Selinentius. *

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as Calippus. *

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as Pipor.

References

External links

* ** * **
''Hashire Melos'' at the Big Cartoon Database

A trailer of '' Hashire Melos'' at French animation focused website Catsuka
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Plot

Cast for the 1992 film

See also

References

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