Pompo the Cinephile

Jun 4, 2021

1h 34m

★ 7.2

Bright lights. Big dreams. No experience.

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...

Genres

Animation

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

CLAP

KADOKAWA

Happinet Phantom Studios

avex pictures

Shochiku

STUDIO MAUSU

movic

Movie Walker

Pompo the Cinephile Trailers

Cast

Joel Davidovich 'Pompo' Pomponette (voice)

Konomi Kohara

Gene Fini (voice)

Hiroya Shimizu

Natalie Woodward (voice)

Rinka Otani

Mystia Lyons (voice)

Ai Kakuma

Martin Braddock (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Alan Gardner (voice)

Ryuichi Kijima

Alan's Boss (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Corbett (voice)

Manabu Sakamaki

J.D. Peterzen (voice)

Mitsuru Ogata

Nigel (voice)

Hidenari Ugaki

Miles (voice)

Shinya Takahashi

Nora (voice)

Ayaka Shimizu

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