Animal World (film)

Animal World
Traditional Chinese動物世界
Simplified Chinese动物世界
Hanyu PinyinDòngwù Shìjiè
Directed byHan Yan
Written byHan Yan
Based onKaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Produced byChen Zhixi
StarringLi Yifeng
Michael Douglas
Zhou Dongyu
CinematographyMax Wang Da-yung
Edited byYu Hongchao
Music byNeal Acree
Michael Tuller
Production
companies
Shanghai Ruyi Film Production Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Pitaya Film Production Co., Ltd.
Tencent Pictures
Jixiang Films
Fire Dragon Guo Pictures
Youth Enlight
Distributed byEnlight Pictures
Release date
  • 29 June 2018 (2018-06-29) (China)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryChina
LanguagesMandarin
English
Budget$28-43 million[1]
Box office$77.4 million

Animal World (Chinese: 动物世界; pinyin: Dòngwù Shìjiè), also known as Animal World: Mr. Nobody, is a 2018 Chinese action-adventure film written and directed by Han Yan, and starring Li Yifeng, Michael Douglas and Zhou Dongyu.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It is based on the manga Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.[9][10] Animal World is produced jointly by Shanghai Ruyi Film Production Co., Ltd., Shanghai Pitaya Film Production Co., Ltd., Tencent Pictures, Jixiang Films, Fire Dragon Guo Pictures, Youth Enlight and Enlight Pictures. The film premiered in China on June 29, 2018. Netflix has acquired the global digital rights to the film.[11][12]

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