is the title of two
Japanese animated films. The first was directed by
Tomoharu Katsumata
is a Japanese film director best known for his work on various anime works. A leading director at the Toei Animation studio during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Katsumata worked as a director on several of Toei's anime television adaptations of ...
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
Masaaki Osumi, music by
Kazumasa Oda, art by
Hiroyuki Okiura
is a Japanese animation director and animator working for Production I.G.
Career
Okiura left high school at the age of 16 and entered the animation industry as a member of the studio Anime R, where he studied under Moriyasu Taniguchi and which T ...
and
Satoshi Kon, 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
Osamu Dazai 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
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Aki Mizusawa as Queen Phryne.
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Akiji Kobayashi
, sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi, was a Japanese actor. He attended Nihon University College of Art, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1949. He made his film debut with ''Satsujin Yogisha' ...
as Dionysius II.
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Akina Nakamori
is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the talent show ''Star Tanjō!''. Her debut single "Slow M ...
as Raisa, Selinentius' lover.
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Kōichi Kitamura
, better known by the stage name , was a Japanese voice actor born in Osaka, Japan. Kitamura was employed by the talent management agency Mausu Promotion. He is known for dubbing roles played by Peter Cushing. He died on October 2, 2007 of pneum ...
as Village Chief.
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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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Megumi Hayashibara
is a Japanese voice actress, singer, lyricist and radio personality from Kita ward in Tokyo and is affiliated with self-founded Woodpark Office. One of the most prominent Japanese voice actresses since the 1990s, Hayashibara is best known for he ...
as Clea, Melos' sister
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Shinji Ogawa as Selinentius.
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Takeshi Aono
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. He was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School.
Career
Aono was most known for the roles of Shiro ...
as Calippus.
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Takuma Gōno
Takuma (written: 拓磨, 拓真, 拓馬, 琢磨, 匠馬, 卓磨, 卓真 or 卓馬) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese motorcycle racer
*, Japanes ...
as Pipor.
See also
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List of animated feature films
References
External links
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''Hashire Melos'' at the Big Cartoon DatabaseA trailer of '' Hashire Melos'' at French animation focused website Catsuka
1981 anime films
1981 films
1992 anime films
1992 films
Adventure anime and manga
Animated adventure films
Japanese animated drama films
Anime films based on novels
Drama anime and manga
Anime film remakes
Animated films based on classical mythology
Films based on short fiction
Films based on works by Friedrich Schiller
Japanese adventure drama films
1990s Japanese-language films
Toei Animation films
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