The Boy and the Beast (2015)
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
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Plot.
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 & Crew.

Koji Yakusho
Kumatetsu (voice)

Aoi Miyazaki
Young Kyuta (voice)

Shota Sometani
Teenage Kyuta (voice)

Suzu Hirose
Kaede (voice)

Lily Franky
Hyakushūbō (voice)

Yo Oizumi
Tatara (voice)

Kazuhiro Yamaji
Iozen (voice)

Mamoru Miyano
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)

Masakatsu Takagi
Original Music Composer

Takashi Omori
Art Direction

Kyoko Kitahara
Music Producer

Mamoru Hosoda
Director / Original Story / Character Designer / Writer

Mr.Children
Theme Song Performance

Seiji Okuda
Producer

Genki Kawamura
Producer

Yuichiro Sato
Producer

Yohei Takamatsu
Art Direction

Atsushi Chiba
Producer

Yoichi Nishikawa
Art Direction

Shigeru Nishiyama
Editor

Kiyotaka Waki
Line Producer

Hitoshi Ito
Associate Producer

Daisuke Iga
Costume Design / Character Designer

Daisuke Kadoya
Executive Producer

Nozomu Takahashi
Executive Producer

Yuzuru Satou
Associate Producer

Leititia Gokura
Production Assistant

Takafumi Watanabe
Thanks

Yoshio Obara
Recording Supervision

Yuka Nitta
Background Designer

Kazutaka Ozaki
Key Animation

Miho Tokita
Background Designer

Satoshi Mashida
Casting

Kiyoshi Sameshima
Background Designer

Youichi Watanabe
Background Designer

Takaaki Yamashita
Animation Director

Osamu Mikasa
Color Designer

Kosuke Hayashi
Background Designer

Kaori Hino
Background Designer

Ryoko Ina
Background Designer

Osamu Nakajima
Background Designer

Hiroshi Ohno
Background Designer

Masaya Yabushita
Producer

Prashant Arora
Visual Effects Technical Director

Hiroyuki Aoyama
Key Animation

Yumi Ishii
Background Designer

Kurumi Katayama
Background Designer

Katsushi Aoki
Background Designer

Megumi Kagawa
Key Animation

Tatsuya Tomaru
Key Animation

Yuka Saito
Producer

Yoshikazu Fukutome
Background Designer

Kenji Hachizaki
Key Animation

Junko Ina
Background Designer

Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Key Animation

Hiroshi Sato
Background Designer

Hideki Takahashi
Key Animation

Yoji Takeshige
Background Designer

Atsuko Tanaka
Key Animation

Ryo Horibe
CGI Director / Director of Photography

Naomi Kasugai
Background Designer

Akira Yamakawa
Background Designer

Minami Ichikawa
Producer

Anri Jojo
Art Designer

Hitoshi Nagasaki
Background Designer

Kazuo Oga
Background Designer

Akemi Higashi
Background Designer

Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation

Shinichirou Inoue
Producer

Riichirô Nakamura
Producer

Ayako Hata
Key Animation

Ayae Kanbe
Background Designer

Yasumi Ogura
Key Animation

Hisako Akagi
Background Designer

Takayuki Hamada
Key Animation

Takeshi Honda
Key Animation

Takeshi Inamura
Key Animation

Hiroko Minowa
Key Animation

Tadashi Sakazaki
Key Animation

Michiko Taniguchi
Background Designer

Shiho Yanase
Background Designer

Harumi Yanoki
Background Designer

Yoshio Nakayama
Producer

Shunsuke Hirota
Key Animation

Akira Honma
Key Animation

Shinji Otsuka
Key Animation

Noboru Kashiwagi
Producer

Yuji Akazawa
Sound Effects

Hideki Hamasu
Key Animation

Ei Inoue
Key Animation

Masahiko Kubo
Key Animation

Ai Takashi
Key Animation

Kazuyuki Hashimoto
Background Designer

Tomotaka Kubo
Background Designer

Kitaro Kosaka
Key Animation

Tatsuzo Nishita
Animation Director

Akane Iwakuma
Background Designer

Takeshi Koike
Key Animation

Yu Xuan Liu
Background Designer

Satoko Nakamura
Background Designer

Tomoko Suzuki
Associate Producer

Sayaka Hirahara
Background Designer

Kikuyo Yano
Background Designer

Takuya Ito
Producer

Masaru Ohgawara
Foley Artist

Kenji Ashimoto
Orchestrator
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Details.
Release DateJuly 11, 2015
Original Nameバケモノの子
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Content RatingPG-13
Box Office$49,714,378
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
parent child relationship
training
orphan
beast
surrogate father
shadow
father son reunion
anime
adult animation
homelessness
coming of age
tokyo japan
father figure
father son relationship
shibuya, tokyo
japan
runaway
portal
succession
disciple
adventure
Wiki.
The Boy and the Beast (Japanese: バケモノの子, Hepburn: Bakemono no Ko, lit. 'The bakemono's child') is a 2015 Japanese animated adventure fantasy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda. The film stars the voices of Kōji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shōta Sometani, Suzu Hirose, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keishi Nagatsuka, Kumiko Asō, Haru Kuroki, Sumire Morohoshi, Momoka Ōno, Masahiko Tsugawa, Lily Franky and Yo Oizumi. It was released on July 11, 2015. It won Animation of the Year at the 37th Japan Academy Prizes and grossed ¥5.85 billion at the Japanese box office.
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