As part of our FYC Awards Screening programme, focused on the awards race, Screen is hosting an online screening of best animated film contender Dragon Heart - Adventures Beyond This World on November 24.
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The online screening will take at 3pm UK time for 24 hours.
Directed by Isamu Imakake, Dragon Heart – Adventures Beyond This World is based on an original story by Ryuho Okawa, who also serves as executive producer, and produced by Japan’s IRH Productions.
The cast includes Japanese actors Yusuke Kobayashi, Chinatsu Hirose, Shigeru Chiba, Tetsuo Komura, Rica Fukami, and Masumi Asano. The English dubbed version of the film includes voice actors Zach Aguilar, Ren Holly Liu, Rick Zieff, Brook Chalmers, Wendee Lee, and Valerie Arem.
The film was released in Japan via Nikkatsu Corporation earlier this year.
It follows Ryusuke, a junior high school student living in Tokyo. During his summer vacation, he visits Tokushima and reunites with his teenage cousin, Tomomi. Ryusuke and Tomomi go outing to the Anabuki River where they get swept away by the rushing current. As they sink to the bottom of the river, a dragon appears, rescues them, and takes them to a mysterious old man. The old man tells Ryusuke and Tomomi that they are already dead, but that he can send them back to life if they explore the spirit world and find their mission in life. Although perplexed with the situation, Ryusuke and Tomomi decide to begin their journey to the spirit world. First, they arrive in a gloomy town that looks like it’s from 1960’s. Soon after, they are assailed by terrible things one after another. They see fear-ridden rogues killing one another and doctors mutilating patients. People die and rise. They get killed and rise again. Ryusuke and Tomomi realize that they are in hell. But their journey doesn’t end there. The adventure beyond this world continues into the unknown. Will they be able to find their mission in life?
Watch the trailer below.
