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Pompo the Cinephile

Pompo the Cinephile

Bright lights. Big dreams. No experience.

20217.21h 34m

Overview

Operating out of the movie capital "Nyallywood," Pompo has been shooting one B-grade entertainment flick after another that anyone would enjoy. One day, Pompo's "movie buff" assistant Gene spots a new script written by Pompo and is moved by its exquisite story. In a fit of passion, he proclaims, "I want to see this as a finished work in theaters as soon as possible!" However, Pompo tells him, "So you shoot this film." Thus, Gene takes on his first directing gig. Meanwhile, Natalie, an ordinary girl who just arrived in town with movie actress dreams, has been discovered by Pompo...

Directed by Takayuki Hirao
Written by Takayuki Hirao, Shogo Sugitani
Produced by Kousuke Arai, Motoki Mukaichi, Asako Kaneiwa
Box Office0Revenue: $187K

Top Cast

Konomi Kohara

Konomi Kohara

Joel Davidovich 'Pompo' Pomponette (voice)

Hiroya Shimizu

Hiroya Shimizu

Gene Fini (voice)

Rinka Otani

Rinka Otani

Natalie Woodward (voice)

Ai Kakuma

Ai Kakuma

Mystia Lyons (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Martin Braddock (voice)

Ryuichi Kijima

Ryuichi Kijima

Alan Gardner (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Rikiya Koyama

Alan's Boss (voice)

Manabu Sakamaki

Manabu Sakamaki

Corbett (voice)

Mitsuru Ogata

Mitsuru Ogata

J.D. Peterzen (voice)

Hidenari Ugaki

Hidenari Ugaki

Nigel (voice)

Themes & Keywords

workslice of lifebased on mangaassistant directorshoujoanimefilm productioninspirationallightheartedhilariouscomforting

About Pompo the Cinephile

Pompo the Cinephile is a animation, comedy, drama film released in 2021 exploring themes of work, slice of life, based on manga, assistant director, shoujo, anime. Directed by Takayuki Hirao, it stars Konomi Kohara, Hiroya Shimizu, Rinka Otani. Operating out of the movie capital "Nyallywood," Pompo has been shooting one B-grade entertainment flick after another that anyone would enjoy. One day, Pompo's "movie buff" assistant Gene spots a new script written by Pompo and is moved by its exquisite story. In a fit of passion, he proclaims, "I want to see this as a finished work in theaters as soon as possible!" However, Pompo tells him, "So you shoot this film." Thus, Gene takes on his first directing gig. Meanwhile, Natalie, an ordinary girl who just arrived in town with movie actress dreams, has been discovered by Pompo...

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