Dragonkeeper

5/3/20241h 39m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Everybody just saw a girl. ~

Overview:

Set in Han Imperial China, the plot follows the adventures of enslaved girl Ping with ancient dragon Long Danzi. Dragons had been banished from the kingdom. Ping, an orphan, finds one of the last remaining dragon eggs. Palace guards force Ping to run away in order to return the dragon egg to the ocean and save all dragons from extinction. Ping discovers that she is a true Dragonkeeper.

Director:

Jian-Ping Li

Status:

Released

Language:

Mandarin

Buget:

$25,600,000.00

Revenue:

$6,206,231.00

Key words:

fantasy world
giant dragon
animation

Cast

Mario Gas

~ as ~

Danzi (voice)

Lucía Pérez

~ as ~

Ping (voice)

Fernando Castro

~ as ~

Diao (voice)

Carlos de Luna

~ as ~

Wang Chao (voice)

José Gómez Adán

~ as ~

Kwan (voice)

César Díaz Capilla

~ as ~

Master Lan (voice)

Isabel Gaudí

~ as ~

Lao Ma (voice)

Miquel Rodríguez Ros

~ as ~

Príncipe (voice)

Álvaro Navarro

~ as ~

Cara de rata / Walla #2 (voice)

Jorge Insúa

~ as ~

Emperador (voice)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
With the emperor ailing in his capital, he sends out messengers to secure the one thing that can save him from certain death: the blood of a live dragon. Luckily for the few remaining dragons, though, there's a young girl "Ping" and her pet rat "Hua" who are determined to preserve their last egg and ensure that "Kai" is born in the sacred birthing pool safe and sound. It's quite good fun, this, and I always liked the Chinese depictions of dragons as rather more lithe and nimble then the grumpy, scarred and scaly Western interpretations, but otherwise this is a rather thinly padded out story that might better have tried to incorporate more from this six book series it's based on into it's plot to better build up the characters and fill out the plot. That said, it doesn't hang around and there's plenty of action as the youngster and the ancient dragon "Long Danzi" take on the whole Imperial army - and it's dastardly and scheming agent - whilst trying to preserve this fragile blue egg until it's ready to hatch. There's a gentle moral to the story about self reliance and the odd humorous moment too, and though it's probably not a film that the very young will really get much from, the animation is lively and colourful with some menacing bugs and fiery blue fisticuffs and it's worth a watch on the telly if you like the family fantasy genre.