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      Space Travelers

      2000 2h 5m Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 67% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Three orphan boys dream of living in paradise in this Japanese film that's part live action and part anime. To achieve that dream, Nishiyama (Takeshi Kaneshiro) leads his friends, anime fan Fujimoto (Masanobu Andô) and the silent Takamura (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi), into a bank robbery that's immediately botched by a silent alarm. Even as the bank is surrounded by police, the boys take hostages who, rather than try to escape, discover empathy for their three captors. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member An interesting flick 'bout a heist and strange bedfellows, deeply embroided in otaku subculture, funny but unashamed of taking the foulest twist toward melancholy in the last ten minutes, coherent with japanese belief that life is sad, no matter how loud you laugh. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Three orphan boys dream of living in paradise in this Japanese film that's part live action and part anime. To achieve that dream, Nishiyama (Takeshi Kaneshiro) leads his friends, anime fan Fujimoto (Masanobu Andô) and the silent Takamura (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi), into a bank robbery that's immediately botched by a silent alarm. Even as the bank is surrounded by police, the boys take hostages who, rather than try to escape, discover empathy for their three captors.
      Director
      Katsuyuki Motohiro
      Screenwriter
      Yoshikazu Okada
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      2h 5m