In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Timothy Dalton
- Sparrowhawk
- (English version)
- (voice)
Willem Dafoe
- Cob
- (English version)
- (voice)
Mariska Hargitay
- Tenar
- (English version)
- (voice)
Jun'ichi Okada
- Arren
- (voice)
Aoi Teshima
- Theru
- (voice)
Bunta Sugawara
- Haitaka
- (voice)
Yûko Tanaka
- Cob
- (voice)
Teruyuki Kagawa
- Hare
- (voice)
Jun Fubuki
- Tenar
- (voice)
Takashi Naitô
- Hazia Dealer
- (voice)
Mitsuko Baishô
- The Mistress
- (voice)
Yui Natsukawa
- The Queen
- (voice)
Kaoru Kobayashi
- The King
- (voice)
Matt Levin
- Arren
- (English version)
- (voice)
Cheech Marin
- Hare
- (English version)
- (voice)
Blaire Restaneo
- Therru
- (English version)
- (voice)
Jeff Bennett
- Additional Voices
- (English version)
- (voice)
Susanne Blakeslee
- The Queen
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Suzanne Blakeslee)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHayao Miyazaki first wrote to author Ursula K. Le Guin about adapting her book into a film. LeGuin at the time was unfamiliar with Miyazaki's work, and associated animation to be similar to Disney animation, and turned the offer down. After she saw My Neighbor Totoro (1988), she loved it, and decided to allow the movie to be made.
- Quotes
Haitaka: Now listen to me, Aaren: No man nor any living thing in this world preserves their life forever. But only to men is it given to know that we must die, and that is a precious gift. This life that is both our torment and our treasure was never meant to endure for eternity. Life is a wave on the sea. Would you force the sea to grow still to save one wave? To save yourself?
- ConnectionsFeatured in New York, I Love You (2008)
- SoundtracksSong of Time
Lyrics by Akino Arai and Gorô Miyazaki and music by Akino Arai and Hisaaki Hogari
Performed by Aoi Teshima
Featured review
Disappointing
I like both Studio Ghibli films and Ursula LeGuin's 'Earthsea' books, but this film did little for me. While the backgrounds and 'set pieces' were striking, as expected in anime from this studio, the realisation of the characters left a lot to be desired, especially Ged who was bland and Cob, who was oddly androgynous. I also found the voices used in the English version either dull (Timothy Dalton's generic 'gentle English lord') or silly (Cheech Marin's hodgepodge of accents). The biggest weakness, however, was the story, which was just boring - by the time things began to happen, I'd stopped caring and was just waiting for the film to end. Pity: LeGuin's 'Earthsea' series could make a fantasy epic to rival the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy or the 'Harry Potter' series, but so far, all we have is a second-rate anime and an awful made-for-TV 'sword and sorcery' romp.
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- jamesrupert2014
- Oct 13, 2016
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- حكايات البر والبحر
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $48,658
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,614
- Aug 15, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $68,673,762
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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