Grade A+! A touching animated ode to the cycle of life. A masterpiece of images! BoxOffice: $920,057 Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 29 nominations. Production: Studio Ghibli
Jun 29,2016
A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life. The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
violence | A man cuts a dead seal's skin. A little bit of blood is shown. The film contains a sequence depicting a tsunami wave flooding an island. In another scene, a man swings a bamboo pole down onto a turtle's shell before flipping the animal over onto its back and jumping on top of the turtle's underbelly. |
profanity | None, because the film has no spoken dialogue. |
frightening | plot is on main page, ratings below by IMDB |