My Father's Dragon (1997 film)
| My Father's Dragon | |
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 VHS cover | |
| Directed by | Masami Hata |
| Written by | Kenji Terada (screenplay) Ruth Stiles Gannett (novel) |
| Music by | Naoto Kine |
Production company | Aubec |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
My Father's Dragon (エルマーの冒険, Erumā no Bōken, lit. "Elmer's adventure") is a 1997 Japanese animated film based on the My Father's Dragon children's books by Ruth Stiles Gannett and their illustrations by Ruth Chrisman Gannett.
Cast[edit]
- Elmer Elevator: Yu-ki (TRF)
- Boris the Dragon: Megumi Hayashibara
- Cat: Jōji Yanami
- Male Gorilla: Daisuke Gōri
- Nearsighted Rat: Masako Nozawa
- Lion: Katsuhisa Namase
- Lioness: Sumiko Sakamoto
- Elmer's Mother: Maiko Kikuchi
- Elmer's Father: Masahiro Takashima
- Seagull: Naoki Tatsuta
- Wild Boars: Kazuki Yao, Bin Shimada
- Rhino: Yusaku Yara
- Tigers: Banjō Ginga, Ikuya Sawaki, Masaharu Satō, Kōzō Shioya, Kenyu Horiuchi
- Rōjī: Chiaki
- Rōdā: Ikuko Takeuchi
- Female Gorilla: Hiroko Emori
- Alligators: Masato Amada, Hirohiko Kakegawa
- Store Owner: Kazumi Tanaka
- Rachel: Junichi Sugawara
- Roberta: Takumi Yamazaki
- Lucy: Makiko Ōmoto
Staff[edit]
- Distribution: Shochiku
- Director: Masami Hata
- Executive Producer: Shunji Yoshida
- Production Heads: Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Masatoshi Sakai
- Producers: Satoshi Nagashima, Minami Kishimoto
- Original Story: Ruth Stiles Gannett
- Screenplay: Kenji Terada
- Planning: Yūji Tanitabe, Hideki Higuchi, Fumio Sameshima
- Supervising Animation Director: Yutaka Arai
- Character Design: Shūichi Seki
- Cinematography: Hideki Imaizumi
- Special Effects: Yoshio Kihara
- Art Director: Minoru Nishida
- Editor: Hajime Okayasu
- Music: Naoto Kine
- Music Supervisor: Tetsuya Komuro
Theme songs[edit]
- Dragons' Dance
- Opening theme by Yu-ki
- Lyrics by Tetsuya Komuro, Marc
- Composed by Tetsuya Komuro
- If You Wish…
- Ending theme by Takashi Utsunomiya
- Lyrics by Marc
- Composed by Tetsuya Komuro
Releases[edit]
Albums[edit]
- Elmer no Bōken Original Soundtrack
- Released 1997-07-21, 34 tracks, CD, Sony Music Entertainment
Video[edit]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official web page at Shochiku Films
- My Father's Dragon (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Elmer no Bōken at IMDb
- Indies (in Japanese)
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