Kubo - the brave samurai

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Movie
German title Kubo - the brave samurai
Original title Kubo and the Two Strings
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2016
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Travis Knight
script Marc Haimes ,
Chris Butler
production Travis Knight,
Arianne Sutner
music Dario Marianelli
camera Frank Passingham
cut Christopher Murrie
synchronization

Kubo - The Brave Samurai is an American animated adventure by Travis Knight , which premiered on August 13, 2016 as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival. The film from animation studio Laika is based on a story by Shannon Tindle and Marc Haimes . Kubo - The Brave Samurai came to US cinemas on August 19, 2016 and German cinemas on October 27, 2016.

At the 2017 Academy Awards , Kubo - The Brave Samurai received a nomination in two categories, including one for Best Animated Film .

action

The young, one-eyed Kubo led a quiet and humble life in early Japan, took care of his sick mother Sariatu and worked as a storyteller. With a shamisen (a three-stringed lute) he can bring origami figures to life and thus make his stories about his father, the samurai Hanzo, even more alive. He has many enthusiastic listeners, including villagers Hosato, Hashi, and Kameyo. However, when it gets dark, Kubo always has to return home to watch out for his grandfather, the Evil Moon King, and his mother's two sisters, who stole one of his eyes when he was a baby.

One day, on the Obon holiday , Kubo tries to get in touch with his deceased father and draws the attention of the Moon King and his assistants, who want to steal his second eye. From now on he is being hunted and his only hope is to find magical armor that can help him fight. His mother accompanies him in the form of the snow monkey, and they also have the support of a little origami warrior. In search of armor, they meet Beetle, the beetle man, who claims to have been in Hanzo's retinue in the past. Now he has a curse on him and he suffers from amnesia . Beetle joins the companions. Together they first find the sword "Unbreakable" in a cave, but Kubo's aunts split up to prevent them from finding the remaining two pieces of armor. On the ocean floor, Kubo discovers the breastplate he is looking for "Impenetrable", but magical eyes put him in a trance . Beetle saves him while Monkey fends off an attack by one of the aunts.

In a dream, Kubo recognizes the place where he can find the last piece of armor: Hanzo's old fortress. However, this turns out to be a trap and the companions are attacked by the second aunt. This reveals that Beetle is actually Hanzo, Kubo's father, and immediately kills him. Kubo uses the magic of his shamisen and overpowers his aunt. Then he flies back to his home village and finds the missing helmet "Invulnerable" there. In the now complete magical armor he challenges and defeats the Moon King.

On a new Obon holiday, he contacts his deceased parents, whose ghosts actually appear next to him.

The original title Kubo and the Two Strings refers to a hair of his mother and a bowstring of his father; two powerful artifacts of memory that Kubo receives as the film progresses.

production

Staff and synchronization

The director took Travis Knight . The adaptation of the original story was done by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler .

Art Parkinson took over the role of the eponymous main character Kubo. Hosato and Kameyo, two of the listeners in his village, are originally dubbed by George Takei and Brenda Vaccaro . Kubo's new friends, Monkey and Beetle, are voiced by Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey . Ralph Fiennes voiced Kubo's opponent Moon King, and his two daughters are both voiced by Rooney Mara .

Filming

The production period was 94 weeks and includes an approximate working time of 1,149,015 hours. The total cost of production is around $ 60 million.

Film music

In the film, Kubo fights with the help of a shamisen , a traditional Japanese lute instrument that was also recorded for the film music

The music for the film was composed by Dario Marianelli . The film music includes shamisen sounds, a traditional Japanese lute instrument. The soundtrack to the film comprises 16 songs, has a length of 53:11 minutes and was released on August 5, 2016 by Warner Bros. Records .

In December 2016, the soundtrack was included in the list of candidates (longlist) at the Academy Awards 2017 in the category Best Film Music , from which the members of the academy determined the official nominations.

publication

The film was released in US cinemas on August 19, 2016 and in German cinemas on October 27, 2016. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 22nd, 2016. On January 13th, 2017, the film was released in Chinese cinemas.

reception

Age rating

In Germany, the film is FSK 6. The reason for the release states: “The film combines Japanese myths with modern fantasy and numerous action scenes, it features a strong young protagonist who is suitable for children and young people to identify with. Individual threatening and martial elements can overwhelm younger children. "

In its country of origin, the United States , the film received PG approval, which stands for Parental Guidance Suggested and means that an adult companion is recommended. The reasons given were "thematic elements, uncanny images, action and danger".

Reviews

The film was able to convince 97 percent of the critics at Rotten Tomatoes and was thus one of the best rated films of 2016. The consensus there says: “'Kubo - The Brave Samurai' makes his incredible animation a captivating - and courageous one melancholy story that has something to offer an audience of all ages. "

The director Travis Knight

Lukas Stern from Spiegel Online speaks of an enchantingly filigree and child-friendly martial arts film that quietly introduces the delicate and for children unquestionably particularly difficult question of death.

Johannes Hahn from Robots & Dragons thinks that the film tells its story a bit bumpy at times. The underlying tone is actually serious, which is why the film tries to loosen up its basic mood a little with jokes that are interspersed over and over again, but this does not always succeed, according to Hahn, because sometimes the humor seems too artificial and forced to really ignite.

From the German Film and Media Review was Kubo - The brave samurai with the predicate particularly valuable provided. The reasoning states: “In beautiful and extremely poetic stop-motion pictures that take the viewer into a strange world full of myths and mysteries, the film tells not only about a boy’s identity , but also about childlike fantasy and magic who exercise stories on listeners and viewers of all ages. This is sometimes very gloomy for children and, due to the strangeness of the world of the Japanese samurai, also quite strange, but at the same time arouses interest in other cultures and their stories and narratives. "

Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter saw the film as a possible Oscar nominee for Best Animated Film . In December 2016, it was announced that the film had been shortlisted for the Best Visual Effects category at the 2017 Academy Awards .

Gross profit

The film has worldwide revenues of approximately $ 70 million.

Awards

At the 2017 Academy Awards , Kubo - The Brave Samurai received a nomination in two categories, including one for Best Animated Film .

Annie Awards 2016

  • Nomination for best animated film
  • Nomination in the category Animated Effects in an Animated Production
  • Award in the Character Animation category in an Animated Feature Production
  • Nomination in the Character Design category in an Animated Feature Production
  • Nomination in the category Directing in an Animated Feature Production
  • Award in the Production Design category in an Animated Feature Production
  • Nomination in the storyboarding category in an Animated Feature Production
  • Nomination in the Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production category
  • Nomination in the category Writing in an Animated Feature Production
  • Award in the Editorial category in an Animated Feature Production

British Academy Film Awards 2017

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2016

  • Award for best animated film

Costume Designers Guild Awards 2017

  • Nomination in the category Excellence in Fantasy Film ( Deborah Cook )

Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2016 (December)

Golden Globe Awards 2017

International Film Music Critics Association Awards 2016

  • Nomination for best music for an animated film

National Board of Review Awards 2016

Online Film Critics Society Awards 2017

Academy Awards 2017

Producers Guild of America Awards 2017

  • Nomination for best animated feature film ( Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight)

Satellite Awards 2016

  • Nomination for best animated film

VES Awards 2017

  • Nomination for the character Kubo in the category Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
  • Nomination for the character Monkey in the category Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
  • Award in the category Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
  • Nomination for Hanzo's Fortress in the category Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
  • Nomination for Waves in the category Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
  • Nomination in the category Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

Cast and dubbing

The synchronization took place under the dialogue direction and based on a dialogue book by Oliver Rohrbeck at RC Production Kunze & Wunder GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin .

role Original speaker Voice actor
Kubo Kind of Parkinson's Ben Hadad
Monkey Charlize Theron Nana Spier
Moon king Ralph Fiennes Joachim Tennstedt
Hosato George Takei Wolfgang Condrus
Hashi Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Stefan Bräuler
Kameyo Brenda Vaccaro Luise Lunow
The sisters Rooney Mara Katrin Fröhlich
Beetle Matthew McConaughey Benjamin Völz

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Kubo - The Brave Samurai . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 161939 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
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  4. ↑ 145 Original Scores In 2016 Oscar Race In: oscars.org, December 13, 2016.
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