The Wonderland (2019)
- Original title
- バースデー・ワンダーランド
- Directed by
- Keiichi Hara
- Genre
- fantasy film, family film, adventure film, coming-of-age film, Adventure, Fantasy
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 104 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A shy girl receives a strange birthday gift that transports her to a fantastical land. There she must help a young alchemist save the world from a spreading desert.
whimsicaladventurousdreamlikegentlecolorfulhopefulimaginativelighthearted
What happens
The Wonderland, known in Japan and the UK as Birthday Wonderland (Japanese: バースデー・ワンダーランド, Hepburn: Bāsudē Wandārando), is a 2019 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy adventure film directed by Keiichi Hara. Based on the 1988 children's story Chikashitsu Kara no Fushigi na Tabi (Strange Journey from the Basement) by Sachiko Kashiwaba, it stars Mayu Matsuoka, Anne Watanabe and Kumiko Aso. The characters were designed by Ilya Kuvshinov. It premiered in Japan on April 26, 2019, and was screened in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2019. It was the final Japanese film to be released in the Heisei era, five days before the 2019 Japanese imperial transition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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