Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
July 3, 1993Release Date
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
July 3, 1993Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Yumi Adachi
Chie
Shinobu Ôtake
Naomi Ito
Tsunehiko Watase
Akira Tateno
Yuta Yamazaki
Kenta Aikawa
Mitsuko Kusabue
Sanae Ito
Toki Shiozawa
Woman with Dog
Masanobu Ando
Haruka Suenaga
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 3, 1993
Original NameREX 恐竜物語
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Genres
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Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (Japanese: REX 恐竜物語, Hepburn: REX: Kyōryū monogatari) is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Haruki Kadokawa, based on a manga written by Masanori Hata and illustrated by Clamp. The film stars Yumi Adachi as Chie, a young girl who befriends a young Tyrannosaurus rex after it hatches from an egg co-discovered by her paleontologist father (Tsunehiko Watase).
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story was theatrically released on 3 July 1993. The film grossed ¥2.2 billion on an estimated ¥2 billion budget, making it the second-highest-grossing Japanese film of 1993 and Shochiku's highest-grossing release until it was surpassed by Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) in 2002. Commentators have suggested that the film aimed to capitalize on the success of Jurassic Park, which debuted a month prior. At the 17th Japan Academy Film Prize in 1994, Adachi won the Newcomer of the Year award for her performance in Rex: A Dinosaur's Story.