Hashire Melos!
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| Hashire Melos! | |
| 走れメロス (Hashire Merosu!) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Drama |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Tomoharu Katsumata |
| Written by | Keinosuke Uekusa |
| Music by | Katsuhiro Tsuboiri |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | February 7, 1981 |
| Runtime | 68 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Masaaki Osumi |
| Written by | Masaaki Osumi |
| Music by | Kazumasa Oda |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | July 25, 1992 |
| Runtime | 107 minutes |
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 either 68 or 87 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.
Both were produced by Toei Company Ltd. Visual 80, and both were based on the original short story written by Osamu Dazai in 1940.
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[edit] Plot
The movie tells the story of Melos, a Greek country man that gets arrested and accused of conspiracy against the king. He gets three days to travel to his sister's wedding while Selinentius (Selinae), a genius sculptor that Melos just met stays as a hostage. As opposed to Osamu Dazai's original story, Melos is here innocent of the conspiracy accusation.
[edit] Cast for the 1992 film
- Akina Nakamori as Melos' sister.
- Kōichi Yamadera as Melos.
- Megumi Hayashibara as Clair.
- Shinji Ogawa as Serinentius.
- Takuma Gōno as Pipor.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Hashire Melos! (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Hashire Melos at the Big Cartoon Database
- A trailer of Hashire Melos at french animation focused website Catsuka
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