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The Boy and the Beast

Original title: バケモノの子

In a world of beasts, he found a family.

2015 · PG-13 · 1h 59m

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

7.9

TMDB audience score
1,667 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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
    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)