Mamoru HOSODA 細田守
The Boy And The Beast
バケモノの子
Nippon Animation ³
Ren, an orphan boy living on the streets of Tokyo, finds the secret entrance to a parallel world inhabited by talking beasts. There, he becomes the apprentice of a sword fighter. Several years later, Ren finds a way back to the human world, and soon finds himself torn between the two worlds. Mamoru HOSODA’s latest masterpiece proves him to be one of the most important animation filmmakers of our time.
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バケモノの子
Bakemono no ko
Japan 2015
120 minutes
Director
Mamoru HOSODA
Script
Mamoru HOSODA
Production
Studio Chizu
Distribution
Universum
Voice acting
Koji YAKUSHO, Aoi MIYAZAKI, Shota SOMETANI, Suzu HIROSE, Lily Franky
About Mamoru HOSODA
細田守
Mamoru HOSODA, born in Toyama Prefecture in 1967, started his film career after graduating from Kanazawa Art College in 1991 as an animator for Toei Animation. In 1997, he directed the anime series GEGEGE NO KITARO. After directing his first feature-length film ONE PIECE: BARON OMATSURI AND THE SECRET ISLAND (2005), he joined the animation studio Madhouse, where he directed THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (2006). In 2011, he co-founded Studio Chizu. He has since directed the multi-award-winning anime films WOLF CHILDREN (2012 / NC ’13), THE BOY AND THE BEAST (2015 / NC ’18) and MIRAI (2018 / NC ’19).