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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023)

Film · 2023 · 75 min · NR · Animation · Drama · Fantasy

Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong reasons... Meanwhile, Sakuta and Kaede's father suddenly calls, saying that their mother wants to see her daughter. She was hospitalized because Kaede's condition had been too much for her to bear, so what could she possibly want now?

Directed by Soichi Masui

Starring Kaito Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Yurika Kubo, Nao Toyama, Atsumi Tanezaki, Maaya Uchida, Inori Minase, Yuma Uchida

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas24 March 2024
Digital release2 August 2025
Physical release10 December 2024
First release anywhere1 December 2023

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