The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Original title: バケモノの子
The Boy and the Beast is a 2015 Japanese-language action movie directed by Mamoru Hosoda, with a running time of 1h 59m. It stars Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki and Shota Sometani.
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.
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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)
- Momoka Ohno as Young Jiromaru (voice)
- Sumire Morohoshi as Chico (voice)