Movie·1984·1h 47m
Lensman
Shadow of the Lens
Directed By
Kazuyuki Hirokawa
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: SF新世紀 レンズマン
In this animated adaptation of E. E. Doc Smith's groundbreaking science fiction serial "Grey Lensman" from the 1930s-1950s, Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companion, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously passed on the Lens to Kim. With more companions to come by, Kim must find out the purpose of the Lens before the Boskone dynasty does.
Written By
Soji Yoshikawa
Cinematography
Iwao Yamaki
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Toshio Furukawa
Kimball Kinnison (voice)
Mami Koyama
Clarissa MacDougall (voice)
Chikao Ohtsuka
Pete Van Buskirk (voice)
Nachi Nozawa
Worsel (voice)
Katsuya Kobayashi
DJ Bill (voice)
Seizo Kato
Lord Helmuth (voice)
Eiji Kanie
Narrator (voice)
Hidekatsu Shibata
Port Admiral Haynes (voice)
Koji Yada
Greedle (voice)
Takeshi Aono
LaVerne Thorndyke (voice)
Masaharu Sato
Henry Henderson (voice)
Yasuo Tanaka
Blakeslee (voice)
Masashi Hironaka
Computer (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi
Operator (voice)
Shingo Kanemoto
Zwilnik (voice)
Tadashi Nakamura
Gary Kinnison (voice)
Masato Hirano
Alien (voice)
Yuko Saito
Sol (voice)
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Crew
Kazuyuki Hirokawa
Director
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Director
Soji Yoshikawa
Writer
Iwao Yamaki
Director of Photography
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