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Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai

Somewhere between time & space... a legend is born.

20076.91h 35m

Overview

Ash and friends (this time accompanied by newcomer Dawn) arrive at an idyllic village on their way to their next Pokemon contest, where chaos will soon erupt with the prophecy of two Pokemon Gods (Dialga and Palkia) and the arrival of a mysterious, seemingly deadly Pokemon named Darkrai, which has the power to distort space and time.

Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
Written by Tetsu Kimura, Yuji Asada, Joji Shimura
Produced by Junya Okamoto, Choji Yoshikawa, Toshiaki Okuno
Box Office0Revenue: $42.5M

Top Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani

Ikue Otani

Pikachu (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Takeshi (voice)

Megumi Toyoguchi

Megumi Toyoguchi

Hikari (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (voice)

Ryuji Akiyama

Ryuji Akiyama

Dai (voice)

Kiyotaka Furushima

Kiyotaka Furushima

Buizel (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

Koji Ishizaka

Koji Ishizaka

Darkrai (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Narrator (voice)

Themes & Keywords

nightmarepocket monsterscontestmisunderstandingbattlebased on video gameinterdimensional beingsanime

About Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai is a family, adventure, animation, fantasy, action, science fiction film released in 2007 exploring themes of nightmare, pocket monsters, contest, misunderstanding, battle, based on video game. Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, it stars Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Yuji Ueda. Ash and friends (this time accompanied by newcomer Dawn) arrive at an idyllic village on their way to their next Pokemon contest, where chaos will soon erupt with the prophecy of two Pokemon Gods (Dialga and Palkia) and the arrival of a mysterious, seemingly deadly Pokemon named Darkrai, which has the power to distort space and time.

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