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Coo of the Far Seas

1993 · 116 min

A gentle, sunlit island adventure with a child-and-creature bond, easy to sink into and mildly suspenseful when outsiders close in.

Directed by
Tetsuo Imazawa
Genres
Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring
Yuta Yamazaki, Masatô Ibu, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Overview
After a storm hits their island, Yusuke (driving his jet-ski) finds a baby dinosaur. He shows it to his dad, they keep it and call it Coo. But there are other parties interested in a 65 million year old creature...

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Tetsuo Imazawa
Genres
Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring
Yuta Yamazaki, Masatô Ibu, Tomoko Yamaguchi
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • friendship
  • survival
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour4
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Genres
animation, adventure, family
Directed by
Tetsuo Imazawa
Written by
Kihachi Okamoto
Starring
Yuta Yamazaki, Masatô Ibu, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Akira Kamiya, Iemasa Kayumi, Takeshi Aono, Taro Ishida, Ryuji Saikachi
Cinematography
Tamio Hosoda
Runtime
116 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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