# Run, Melos! (1992)

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**Original title**: *走れメロス*
**Runtime**: 107 min
**Genres**: Animation, History, Drama
**Directed by**: Masaaki Osumi
**Written by**: Masaaki Osumi
**Starring**: Koichi Yamadera, Shinji Ogawa, Akiji Kobayashi, Megumi Hayashibara, Takuma Gono

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Spartacus meets The Count of Monte Cristo. Melos is arrested and accused of conspiracy against the king. It delivers a tense historical drama.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider

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