Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie is a 1999 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Morio Asaka and produced by Madhouse and Bandai Visual. The film is based on the anime television series adaptation of Clamp's Cardcaptor Sakura manga series. Written by Nanase Ohkawa, Clamp's head writer, it was released in Japanese theaters on August 21, 1999. It won the Feature Film Award at the 1999 Animation Kobe. Set between the first and second seasons of the television series, the film follows Sakura Kinomoto and her friends as they travel to Hong Kong and encounter a vengeful spirit who was hurt by Clow Reed in the past. A second film, Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card, was released in 2000.

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji劇場版カードキャプターさくら
Literal meaningCardcaptor Sakura the Movie
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGekijō-ban Kādokyaputā Sakura
Directed byMorio Asaka
Written byNanase Ohkawa
Based onCardcaptor Sakura
by Clamp
Produced byKazuhiko Ikeguchi
Tatsuya Ono
StarringSakura Tange
Aya Hisakawa
Motoko Kumai
Junko Iwao
Tomokazu Seki
Megumi Ogata
Yukana Nogami
CinematographyHisao Shirai
Edited byHarutoshi Ogata
Music byTakayuki Negishi
Production
company
Madhouse
Distributed byBandai Visual
Shochiku
Release date
  • August 21, 1999 (1999-08-21)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
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