A summer visit to the countryside takes a sharp, metaphysical turn in Isamu Imakake’s Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond This World. The story centers on two young cousins, Ryusuke and Tomomi, whose idyllic afternoon by the Anabuki River ends in a tragedy that sweeps them from the world of the living. Their apparent deaths, however, are not an end but a violent transition.
Rescued from the torrent by a silent, powerful dragon, they are thrust into a bewildering spirit world. Here, an old guide informs them that a path back to life exists, but it is not easily won. They must traverse this strange new reality to discover their true mission in life.
The film immediately establishes itself as a unique animated fantasy, one that uses the structure of a coming-of-age story as a vessel for a journey into spiritual realms influenced by a fascinating synthesis of global religious traditions,...
Rescued from the torrent by a silent, powerful dragon, they are thrust into a bewildering spirit world. Here, an old guide informs them that a path back to life exists, but it is not easily won. They must traverse this strange new reality to discover their true mission in life.
The film immediately establishes itself as a unique animated fantasy, one that uses the structure of a coming-of-age story as a vessel for a journey into spiritual realms influenced by a fascinating synthesis of global religious traditions,...
- 7/2/2025
- by Enzo Barese
- Gazettely
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.
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.
- 5/9/2025
- by Zac Ntim and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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