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Metropolis

Metropolis

  1. Overview
  2. Fact Sheet

Duke Red, who rules over the city of Metropolis with an iron fist, has just built a huge tower on top of which he plans to enthrone a superhuman robot conceived in the image of his dead daughter. Based on Osamu Tezuka’s comic strip.

The film

  • Film identity

    Original title: Metropolis

    Directed by: -- RINTARÔ

    Country: Japan

    Year of production: 2001

    Running time: 01 h 47 min

  • Technique

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    Techniques used: drawing on cels, 3D computer

    Process: Colour

  • Credits

    Directed by: -- RINTARÔ

    Production: BANDAI VISUAL CO., LTD.

    Distribution: COLUMBIA TRISTAR INTERNATIONAL

    Based on: Osamu Tezuka

    Script: Katsuhiro Otomo

    Graphics: Rintarô

    Storyboard: Katsuhiro Otomo

    Animation: Rintarô, Shigeo Akahori, Shigeru Fujita, Kunihiko Sakurai, Yasuhiro Nakura

    Music: Toshiyuki Honda

    Sound: Masafumi Mima

    Voice: Collectif, Yuka Imoto, Kei Lobayashi, Kohki Okada, Taro Ishida, Kusei Tomita, ...