Hashire Melos! (1992)

Original title

走れメロス

Directed by

Tomoharu Katsumata

Genre

drama film, adventure film, adventure anime and manga, drama anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man named Melos must run a long distance to save his friend who is held as a hostage. He races against time to prove that trust and friendship can overcome doubt and tyranny.

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What happens

Hashire Melos! (走れメロス!, Hashire Merosu!; lit. Run 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 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 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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