Film

Pompo the Cinephile

2021 · 1h 34m · Animation · Comedy · Drama

Bright lights. Big dreams. No experience.

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

61

Operating out of the movie capital "Nyallywood," Pompo has been shooting one B-grade entertainment flick after another that anyone would enjoy. One day, Pompo's "movie buff" assistant Gene spots a new script written by Pompo and is moved by its exquisite story. In a fit of passion, he proclaims, "I want to see this as a finished work in theaters as soon as possible!" However, Pompo tells him, "So you shoot this film." Thus, Gene takes on his first directing gig. Meanwhile, Natalie, an ordinary girl who just arrived in town with movie actress dreams, has been discovered by Pompo...

Konomi Kohara

Joel Davidovich 'Pompo' Pomponette (voice)

Hiroya Shimizu

Gene Fini (voice)

Rinka Otani

Natalie Woodward (voice)

Ai Kakuma

Mystia Lyons (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Martin Braddock (voice)

Ryuichi Kijima

Alan Gardner (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Alan's Boss (voice)

Manabu Sakamaki

Corbett (voice)

Mitsuru Ogata

J.D. Peterzen (voice)

Hidenari Ugaki

Nigel (voice)

Shinya Takahashi

Miles (voice)

Ayaka Shimizu

Nora (voice)

Ikuko Tani

Natalie's Grandmother (voice)

Yoshikazu Nagano

Coltman (voice)

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Bank President (voice)

Iori Nomizu

Fran-chan (voice)

• Takayuki HiraoScreenplay · Director
• Kousuke AraiProducer
• Motoki MukaichiProducer
• Asako KaneiwaProducer
• Takumi MoriiProducer
• Tomohiko IwaseProducer
• Yoshinori HasegawaProducer
• Takeshi KikuchiExecutive Producer
• Hideo KatsumataExecutive Producer
• Junji IgarashiExecutive Producer

Official English Trailer

Release date

June 4, 2021

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG

Revenue

$186,542

Genres

Animation, Comedy, Drama

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