Short Peace
Seen it?2013 | 68 min | Animation
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for animation lovers. If you loved The Animatrix, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 8 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A traveler is confronted by spirits in an abandoned shrine; a story of honor and firefighting in ancient Japan; a white bear defends the royal family from a monstrous red demon; ragtag soldiers battle a robotic force in futuristic Japan.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$23K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 40K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Hiroaki Ando, Shuhei Morita, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hajime Katoki, Koji Morimoto
- Aoi YukiBeauty (segment "Tsukumo") (voice)
- Koichi YamaderaSamurai (segment "Tsukumo") (voice)
- Takeshi KusaoFrog (segment "Tsukumo") (voice)
- Saori HayamiOwaka (segment "Hi no yôjin") (voice)
- Yu KobayashiOume (segment "Hi no yôjin") (voice)
- Masakazu MoritaMatsukichi (segment "Hi no yôjin") (voice)