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Modest Heroes

2018 · 54 min Animation Fantasy Adventure Drama
6.6 / 10 · TMDB

Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title ちいさな英雄-カニとタマゴと透明人間-
Year 2018
Country Japan
Genre Animation, Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Runtime 54 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.6/10 (189 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Min Tanaka

Min Tanaka

Blind Man (voice)

Kentaro Sakaguchi

Kentaro Sakaguchi

Father / Doctor (voice)

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Invisible Man (voice)

Fumino Kimura

Fumino Kimura

Kanini (voice)

Rio Suzuki

Rio Suzuki

Kanino (voice)

Machiko Ono

Machiko Ono

Mother (voice)

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Souta Shinohara

Shun (voice)

Yuko Sasaki

Yuko Sasaki

Kaka (voice)

Masaki Terasoma

Masaki Terasoma

Toto (voice)

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