EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media, the film distribution arm of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired US digital and theatrical rights to Japanese fantasy animation film Dragon Heart – Adventures Beyond This World.
The movie will receive a theatrical release, starting June 6, at select theatres across the U.S. and will also be released in more than 250 theaters across Japan by Nikkatsu Corporation. Dragon Heart – Adventures Beyond This World will later be available to rent on all U.S. digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms, as well as on DVD, through Freestyle Digital Media.
Directed by Isamu Imakake (Nadia: The Secret Of Blue Water), the film follows Ryusuke, a junior high school student living in Tokyo. During his summer vacation, he visits Tokushima and reunites with his teenage cousin, Tomomi. Ryusuke and Tomomi go on an outing to the Anabuki River, where they get swept away by the rushing current. As they sink to the bottom of the river, a dragon appears, rescues them, and takes them to a mysterious old man.
The old man tells Ryusuke and Tomomi that they are already dead, but that he can send them back to life if they explore the spirit world and find their mission in life. Although perplexed by the situation, Ryusuke and Tomomi decide to begin their journey to the spirit world. First, they arrive in a gloomy town that looks like it’s from the 1960s. Soon after, they are assailed by terrible things one after another. They see fear-ridden rogues killing one another and doctors mutilating patients. People get killed and rise again. Ryusuke and Tomomi realize that they are in hell. But their journey doesn’t end there. The adventure beyond this world continues into Shambhala and beyond. Will they be able to find their mission and come back to life?
Dragon Heart – Adventures Beyond This World is based on an original story by Ryuho Okawa, who also serves as Executive Producer. The movie was produced by Japan’s IRH Productions. The featured cast includes Japanese actors Yusuke Kobayashi, Chinatsu Hirose, Shigeru Chiba, Tetsuo Komura, Rica Fukami, and Masumi Asano. The English dubbed version of the film includes voice actors Zach Aguilar, Ren Holly Liu, Rick Zieff, Brook Chalmers, Wendee Lee, and Valerie Arem.
Freestyle Digital Media negotiated the deal to acquire Dragon Heart – Adventures Beyond This World directly with the filmmakers and HS Productions.
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