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title: 'Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shigeyasu Yamauchi'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dragon-ball-the-path-to-power-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142250/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996)

1996 · 80 min · Action, Adventure · Japan

Original title: ドラゴンボール 最強への道
Part of: Dragon Ball

## Synopsis

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power , is a 1996 Japanese animated fantasy martial arts adventure film and the seventeenth animated feature film based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga, following the first three Dragon Ball films and thirteen Dragon Ball Z films, and the final film in the series to use cel animation. It is an alternate retelling of the original Dragon Ball anime series, which borrows story elements from the first Dragon Ball search and the later Red Ribbon storyline. It was first released in Japan on March 2 at the Toei Anime Fair, along with the film version of Neighborhood Story. The film was produced to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the original Dragon Ball anime. It was also the last theatrically released Dragon Ball film produced up until the release of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods in 2013.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shigeyasu Yamauchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeyasu-yamauchi)
- **Screenplay:** [Aya Matsui](https://cinepixo.com/people/aya-matsui)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akihito Tokunaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/akihito-tokunaga)
- **Director of Photography:** [Masaru Sakanishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sakanishi)
- **Editor:** [Shinichi Fukumitsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinichi-fukumitsu)

## Cast

- [Hisao Egawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hisao-egawa)
- [Daisuke Gōri](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisuke-gori)
- [Tōru Furuya](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-furuya)
- [Hirohiko Kakegawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hirohiko-kakegawa)
- [Kinya Aikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinya-aikawa)
- [Hiromi Tsuru](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiromi-tsuru)
- [Jōji Yanami](https://cinepixo.com/people/joji-yanami)
- [Naoko Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/naoko-watanabe-2)
- [Masako Nozawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/masako-nozawa)
- [Masaharu Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaharu-sato)
- [Kenji Utsumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-utsumi)
- [Bin Shimada](https://cinepixo.com/people/bin-shimada)
- [Shōzō Iizuka](https://cinepixo.com/people/shozo-iizuka)
- [Naoki Tatsuta](https://cinepixo.com/people/naoki-tatsuta)

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