The Boy and the Beast

Movie

2015

1h 59m

PG-13

Japanese

Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy

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7.8

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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...

The Boy and the Beast

PG-13

Movie

2015

1h 59m

Japanese

Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Rent From $2.99

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Cast

Kumatetsu (voice)

Young Kyuta (voice)

Teenage Kyuta (voice)

Kaede (voice)

Hyakushūbō (voice)

Tatara (voice)

Iozen (voice)

Teenage Ichirohiko (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Teenage Jiromaru (voice)

Haru Kuroki

Young Ichirohiko (voice)

Momoka Ohno

Young Jiromaru (voice)

Sumire Morohoshi

Chico (voice)

Keishi Nagatsuka

Kyuta's Father (voice)

Kumiko Aso

Kyuta's Mother (voice)

Masahiko Tsugawa

Lord (voice)

Directed By: Mamoru Hosoda

Written By: Mamoru Hosoda (Original Story)

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zdistrict says...

7 years ago

An excellent anime and genuinely surprised. A story of two different worlds that come together in a surprising manner, you really do get invested in Kumatetsu and Kyuta, and beautiful visuals. This is a rare anime but a proper one.

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lifeiscrazy says...

8 years ago

Saw this anime feature at Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam. Really liked it, went together with some non-anime lovers, and they all enjoyed it for the most part. So I can really recommend it, wether you're into anime or not. // EDIT (2.5 years later): Their biggest complaint was that the ending was like... unrealistic by the way. OK, the whole movie is far from realistic (talking animals anyone?), but you know, like one moment shit _really_ hits the fan, and the next second everything is great again and the protagonist wins the battle. Like that.

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sp1ti says...

7 years ago

Another good movie from Hosoda but it needed to be longer. Certain aspects are left aside making it feel incomplete and slightly disjointed at times.

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Enjayeff says...

4 years ago

Simple plot but great animation & imaginary world to enjoy it through

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drqshadow

7/10 4 years ago

Beneath (or maybe parallel to) our world lies a secret land, populated by mythical creatures and governed by a strict, traditional code. Orphaned by his mother and abandoned by his father, one angry young boy finds his way between the two planes and begins an apprenticeship with a tenacious, if temp More

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Reno

6 years ago

> Lost in one world, found in another.

My last anime movie was 'Giovanni Island' and I did not end up liking much. I thought that was a decent movie with an intense WWII story told through the Japanese children's perspective. Since then almost half a year passed and now I saw this from the direct More

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