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Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon follows Raya (Kelly Marie Tran), the warrior princess of the Heart tribe, as she seeks to restore peace to the nation of Kumandra. After the evil Druun - mindless spirits who turn living things to stone - divide Kumandra into five warring tribes, Raya believes that if she can find the last dragon, Sisu (Awkwafina), she can reunite the five tribes.
Raya and the Last Dragon
- Director
- Carlos López Estrada , Don Hall
- Release Date
- March 5, 2021
- Studio(s)
- Disney
- Distributor(s)
- Disney
- Cast
- Awkwafina , Kelly Marie Tran , Thalia Tran , Daniel Dae Kim , Alan Tudyk , Izaac Wang , Ross Butler , Patti Harrison , Gemma Chan , Sandra Oh , Benedict Wong , Lucille Soong
- Writers
- Qui Nguyen , Adele Lim
- Runtime
- 112 minutes
- Budget
- 100 million+
Summary
Raya and the Last Dragon goes on an exciting, epic journey to the fantasy world of Kumandra, where humans and dragons lived together long ago in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and its divided people. However, along her journey, she’ll learn that it’ll take more than a dragon to save the world—it’s going to take trust and teamwork as well.
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