Film

The Boy and the Beast 2015

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

  • Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama
  • 119 min
  • PG-13

In a world of beasts, he found a family.

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.

ActionAdventureAnimationDramaFamilyFantasyjapanparent child relationshiprunawayhomelessnesstrainingportalcoming of agetokyo, japanorphanbeastadult animationsurrogate father

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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and grave.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • earnestironic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • gravecomic
  • sparerichly built

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