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Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess

2010 · 12 min

A wordless, hand-drawn dream of escape, charming and a little eerie, carried by music and motion rather than dialogue.

Overview: The story of a tiny Egg-girl who is forced to serve the evil Boar-like witch Baba Yaga. But after a blob of Dough comes to life, she befriends him and both escape from the witch's home at a Water mill on a cliff and set off to see the world. The soundtrack is Joe Hisaishi's arrangement of Vivaldi's La Folia

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: freedom
survival
friendship
isolation
Places: fantasy world
countryside
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	2
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: animation, fantasy
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Written by: Hayao Miyazaki
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography: Atsushi Okui
Runtime: 12 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese, No Language

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