• Director(s)

    Takehiko Inoue

  • Production Year

    1993

  • Genre(s)

    Animation, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    125m

  • Cast

    Shugo Nakamura, Jun Kasama, Shinichiro Kamio

Film

The First Slam Dunk

moderate violence, injury detail, bereavement theme

A young aspiring basketball star battles with grief and intense competition in this slow-burn Japanese animated drama. Heavy beatings and moments of heightened emotion occasionally break up sporting action. …

A young aspiring basketball star battles with grief and intense competition in this slow-burn Japanese animated drama. Heavy beatings and moments of heightened emotion occasionally break up sporting action.

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violence

language

theme

threat and horror

sex

discrimination

drugs

injury detail

  • Director(s)

    Takehiko Inoue

  • Production Year

    1993

  • Genre(s)

    Animation, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    125m

  • Cast

    Shugo Nakamura, Jun Kasama, Shinichiro Kamio

moderate violence, injury detail, bereavement theme
Classified Date:
03/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
violence
Teen characters are bullied and intimidated by their peers, sometimes with blows to the face and body which result in spurts of blood. Characters have bloody injuries and clothing after such altercations.
language
Bad language is mild ('bastard', 'ass', 'screw', 'crud', 'piss'), and is accompanied by other milder terms ('morons', 'God', 'damn' and 'butt').
theme
A family is stricken with grief, resulting in intense scenes of emotional upset and occasional physical outbursts.
moderate violence, injury detail, bereavement theme
Classified Date:
14/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
violence
Teen characters are bullied and intimidated by their peers, sometimes with blows to the face and body which result in spurts of blood. Characters have bloody injuries and clothing after such altercations.
language
Bad language is mild ('bastard', 'ass', 'screw', 'crud', 'piss'), and is accompanied by other milder terms ('morons', 'God', 'damn', 'butt').
theme
A family is stricken with grief, resulting in intense scenes of emotional upset and occasional physical outbursts.
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
Classified Date:
29/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
Classified Date:
04/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

  • Classified date

    14/03/2025

  • Language

    Japanese