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The Boy and the Beast
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
2015 · Directed by Mamoru Hosoda · 119 min · Action · Adventure · Animation · Drama · Family · Fantasy · 24 frames
Tagline
In a world of beasts, he found a family.
Crew
- Screenplay: Mamoru Hosoda
- Cinematography: Ryo Horibe
- Edited by: Shigeru Nishiyama
- Music: Masakatsu Takagi
- Produced by: Genki Kawamura, Atsushi Chiba, Yuichiro Sato, Seiji Okuda
Cast
- Koji Yakusho as Kumatetsu (voice)
- Aoi Miyazaki as Young Kyuta (voice)
- Shota Sometani as Teenage Kyuta (voice)
- Suzu Hirose as Kaede (voice)
- Lily Franky as Hyakushūbō (voice)
- Yo Oizumi as Tatara (voice)
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Iozen (voice)
- Mamoru Miyano as Teenage Ichirohiko (voice)
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Teenage Jiromaru (voice)
- Haru Kuroki as Young Ichirohiko (voice)
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: Nippon Television Network Corporation, Studio Chizu, TOHO, VAP
- Box office: $49,714,378
- Themes: japan, parent child relationship, runaway, homelessness, training, portal, coming of age, tokyo, japan, orphan, beast
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