Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone Japanese poster art Japanese ドラゴンボールZ (original title) ドラゴンボールZ オラの悟飯をかえせッ!! Hepburn Doragon Bōru Zetto (original title) Doragon Bōru Zetto Ora no Gohan o Kaese!! Directed by Daisuke Nishio Produced by Chiaki Imada (executive producer) Screenplay by Takao Koyama Based on Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama Starring see below Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi Cinematography Motoaki Ikegami Edited by Shinichi Fukumitsu Production company Toei Animation Distributed by Toei Company Release date July 15, 1989 (1989-07-15) (Japan) Running time 45 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese Box office ¥1.25 billon (US$8.9 million)