# Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)

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**Original title**: *劇場版カードキャプターさくら*
**Runtime**: 81 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
**Directed by**: Morio Asaka
**Written by**: Nanase Okawa
**Starring**: Sakura Tange, Aya Hisakawa, Junko Iwao, Motoko Kumai, Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Ogata

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Clow Reed’s ghost needs a proxy and picks Sakura Kinomoto. When a Hong Kong vacation turns into a grudge match, she learns the Clow Cards are family business. A pocket-sized epic where childhood toys get mortally serious.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, cozy, playful, surreal

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