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Belle (2022)
Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.
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Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.
Rating:PG
Genre:Animation, Science Fiction, Drama, Music
Written By:Mamoru Hosoda
In Theaters:1/14/2022
Box Office:$63,501,160
Runtime:121 minutes
Studio:Studio Chizu, Nippon Television Network Corporation, dentsu, TOHO, KADOKAWA, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, BookWalker, NTT Docomo, Lawson Entertainment, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, movic
Cast
Mamoru Hosoda
Director
Kaho Nakamura
Suzu Naito / Belle (voice)
Ryo Narita
Shinobu Hisatake (voice)
Shota Sometani
Shinjiro 'Kamishin' Chikami (voice)
Tina Tamashiro
Ruka Watanabe (voice)
Lilas Ikuta
Hiroka 'Hiro' Betsuyaku (voice)
Ryoko Moriyama
Yoshitani (voice)
Michiko Shimizu
Kita (voice)
Fuyumi Sakamoto
Okumoto (voice)
Yoshimi Iwasaki
Nakai (voice)
Sachiyo Nakao
Hatanaka (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Justin (voice)
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