TV Standard: NTSC
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio(s): 16:9 Vista

Credits:

Mamoru Hosoda,Koji Yakusho,Aoi Miyazaki,Shota Sometani,HIROSE SUZU,Kazuhiro Yamaji,Mamoru Miyano,Kappei Yamaguchi,Keishi Nagatsuka,Kumiko Aso,Haru Kuroki,MOROHOSHI SUMIRE,Momoka Oono,Masahiko Tsugawa,Lily Franky,Yo Ohizumi,Masakatsu Takagi

Description:

The No. 1 Japanese blockbuster hit during the summer holidays of 2015! A royal road animation film that can be enjoyed by all generations. In "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" (2006), we see a glimmering fragment of youth that comes only at a certain moment in life; in "Summer Wars" (2009), we see the miraculous story of the power of human bonds to save the world; and in "Wolf Children" (2012), we see the infinite strength and tenderness of a "wolf" through raising a "wolf child" born of a wolf and a human. In his previous film "Wolf Children" (2012), Mamoru Hosoda depicted the infinite strength and tenderness of a "mother" through the upbringing of a "wolf child" born between a wolf and a human. The new film by Hosoda, his first in three years, is "Bakemono no ko" (The Little Creature). A lone boy, Kuta, in search of "strength," wanders into "Juten-gai," a place where beasts live. Through his encounters and training with the violent monster Kumatoru and others, Kuta learns what "true strength" is. As time goes by, Kuta grows into a strong young man and meets a girl of the same age, Kaede, in the real world. Kuta is strongly attracted to the charm of the "new world" of infinite possibilities that Kaede points out. However, in order to continue on his new path, he must overcome a major incident that suddenly occurs and threatens to destroy both the real world and Shibuten Machi.Kumatoru, who is unable to teach others because he has become strong on his own, and Kuta, who has lost his family and is unable to trust anyone. When these two men, facing a crisis, unite their two hearts, a "miracle" occurs that no one could have imagined. This film became the No. 1 hit Japanese film among the fiercely competitive summer vacation films of 2015, and was the first animated film to be selected for competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain, and has received great acclaim both in Japan and abroad. It is a royal feature-length animated film that depicts, in a magnificent adventure story, both the essential question of "Who am I?" that everyone faces in childhood and today's issues of what society, adults, parents, and families should and can do for such children.