Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie
(Shôjo kakumei Utena)
by Kunihiko Ikuhara
Japan
Animation
Script: Be-Papas (Ikuhara, Enokido, Hasegawa, Oguro)
Character designer: Chibo Saito
Artistic Director: Shichiro Kobayashi
Music: Shinichi Mitsumune
Production: Starchild/TV Tokyo
Contact:
Dynamic Visions
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995 1180 Uccle, Belgium
Tel : (32-2).376.14.87
Fax: (32-2).376.14.88
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 1999
Screening: 2003
Beta SP, Colour, 90 min
OV Japanese with French Subtitles
Unreleased
When she was a young girl, Utena Tenjô was given a rose shaped ring by a mysterious prince. Ever since, she has secretly been in love with that young man, while at the same time she has wanted to look like him. After her parents died, she started lining at her aunt's. She has become a sportive and popular girl dressed as a boy. When she joins the Ohtori college, she naturally chooses to wear the boy's black and white uniforms. One day, her friend Wakaba is humiliated by Saionji, a member of the students council. Shocked by his behaviour, Utena challenges him to a duel. Saionji soon notices that Utena's ring has the emblem of Ohtori. Only council members are allowed to wear such ring. The two antagonists consequently position themselves on a strange fight ground. Other duels will take place and the winner will get the fiancée of the rose.