Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki

Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki

Film poster
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, Ryūichi Yagi
Produced by Genki Kawamura
Written by Takashi Yamazaki
Based on Naita Aka Oni 
by Hirosuke Hamada
Starring Shingo Katori, Koichi Yamadera
Music by Naoki Sato, Misia
Distributed by Toho
Release dates
  • 17 December 2011 (2011-12-17) (Japan)
Running time
87 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki (friends もののけ島のナキ Lit: Friends: Naki of Monster Island) is a 2011 Japanese computer-animated film that is loosely based on the Japanese children's novel Naita Aka Oni by Hirosuke Hamada.[1] It is directed by Takashi Yamazaki and Ryuichi Yagi.[1] The film's script was also written by Yamazaki.[1] SMAP member Shingo Katori and actor Koichi Yamadera will voice characters in the film.[2]

It was released in Japanese cinemas on 17 December 2011.[3]

Voice cast

Production

Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki was first announced on 7 December 2010.[2] It is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, who previously directed the 2010 film Space Battleship Yamato.[2] Shingo Katori, Koichi Yamadera, You, Sadao Abe and Seishiro Kato were announced as the film's voice cast in the same announcement.[2] This film is billed as a "3-D Computer Graphics (3DGC)" anime film.[2] A 2-D version of the film will also be produced and release at the same time as the 3-D version.[2]

The teaser and its official website for this film was launched on 20 August 2011.[4] In the same announcement, its Japan release date was set on 17 December 2011.[4]

Theme song

The theme song of Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki is Smile, the theme song of the 1936 film Modern Times.[5] This version of the song is sung by the Japanese singer MISIA.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "friends もののけ島のナキ on eiga.com". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "香取慎吾、3DCGアニメ「friends」で"赤おに"に". eiga.com (in Japanese). 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  3. "friends もののけ島のナキ on Moviewalker". Kadokawa Magazines (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  4. 1 2 "「もののけ島のナキ」と「鷹の爪」がマナーCMでまさかのコラボ". eiga.com (in Japanese). 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  5. 1 2 "MISIA「もののけ島のナキ」の主題歌にチャップリンの名曲をカバー". eiga.com (in Japanese). 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-09-17.

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