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The Adventures of Milo and Otis

1986 · 75 min

A gentle, episodic animal adventure that feels like a storybook come to life, with mild peril and charming animal antics.

Tagline
Milo is one lucky cat. He's got nine lives and a best friend.
Overview
When Milo the cat and Otis the dog are separated, they each set off on an adventurous and often perilous quest across mountains, plains, and snow-covered lands to reunite with one another.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • nature
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
timeless
Audience
kids
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama, family
Directed by
Masanori Hata
Written by
Mark Saltzman
Starring
Shigeru Tsuyuki, Kyoko Koizumi, Dudley Moore
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Michael Boddicker
Cinematography
Shinji Tomita, Hideo Fujii
Runtime
75 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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