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Cast
Akira Ishida
as Makoto Yuki / Pharos (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
as Yukari Takeba (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi
as Junpei Iori (voice)
Rie Tanaka
as Mitsuru Kirijo (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
as Akihiko Sanada (voice)
Mamiko Noto
as Fuuka Yamagishi (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
as Shinjiro Aragaki (voice)
Isamu Tanonaka
as Igor (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
as Elizabeth (voice)
Hideyuki Hori
as Shuji Ikutsuki (voice)
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2013
Runtime1h 38m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationPG-13
GenresAnimation, Fantasy, Adventure
Votes72
DirectorNoriaki Akitaya, Tomohisa Taguchi, Yoshifumi Sasahara
WritersJun Kumagai
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.2 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsPersona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth
About Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth
In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. Suddenly made the leader of his fellow classmates Yukari and Junpei by his upperclassmen Mitsuru and Akihiko, Makoto must learn empathy, his connection to his comrades, and the meaning of death. With the power of his Evoker aimed at his head he awakens a Persona and fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus.
Directed by Noriaki Akitaya, Tomohisa Taguchi, Yoshifumi Sasahara, Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth leans on a strong ensemble — Akira Ishida, Megumi Toyoguchi, Kohsuke Toriumi — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about animation titles of 2013.
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