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Movie poster: Shenmue: The Movie (2001)
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Shenmue: The Movie

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2001 · 88 min Action Adventure Drama Animation
5.5 / 10 · TMDB

Ryo Hazuki finds himself seeing his father Iwao die at the hands of a mysterious Chinese man named Lan Di, who also steals an item Iwao had called the "Dragon Mirror". Ryo makes it his mission to get revenge on Lan Di, but first he has to find out how to find him, with the warhouse docks & the Mad Angels gang being his best leads.

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Original Title シェンムー・ザ・ムービー
Year 2001
Country Japan
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Animation
Director Yu Suzuki
Runtime 88 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.5/10 (8 votes)

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The film constructs its revenge tale through meticulous environmental storytelling, transforming mundane interactions into clues within a living city. It explores grief not as a driving force, but as a quiet companion to daily routines.

What lingers after the credits is the texture of a digital world remembered—the rain-slicked docks, the arcade glow, the weight of waiting. It’s a time capsule of early 2000s game aesthetics — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Yu Suzuki

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