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The Boy and the Beast

PG-13
Movie
2015
1h 59m
Japanese
Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy
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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7.8
IMDB
The Boy and the Beast (2015) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
77

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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)
Directed By: Mamoru Hosoda
Written By: Mamoru Hosoda (Original Story)

Featured Comments/Tips

zdistrict says...
8 years ago
An excellent anime and genuinely surprised. A story of two different worlds that come together in a surprising manner, you really do get invested in Kumatetsu and Kyuta, and beautiful visuals. This is a rare anime but a proper one.
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lifeiscrazy says...
9 years ago
Saw this anime feature at Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam. Really liked it, went together with some non-anime lovers, and they all enjoyed it for the most part. So I can really recommend it, wether you're into anime or not. // EDIT (2.5 years later): Their biggest complaint was that the ending was like... unrealistic by the way. OK, the whole movie is far from realistic (talking animals anyone?), but you know, like one moment shit _really_ hits the fan, and the next second everything is great again and the protagonist wins the battle. Like that.
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sp1ti says...
8 years ago
Another good movie from Hosoda but it needed to be longer. Certain aspects are left aside making it feel incomplete and slightly disjointed at times.
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Enjayeff says...
4 years ago
Simple plot but great animation & imaginary world to enjoy it through
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Featured User Reviews

drqshadow
7/10  5 years ago
Beneath (or maybe parallel to) our world lies a secret land, populated by mythical creatures and governed by a strict, traditional code. Orphaned by his mother and abandoned by his father, one angry young boy finds his way between the two planes and begins an apprenticeship with a tenacious, if temp More
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Reno
6 years ago
> Lost in one world, found in another.

My last anime movie was 'Giovanni Island' and I did not end up liking much. I thought that was a decent movie with an intense WWII story told through the Japanese children's perspective. Since then almost half a year passed and now I saw this from the direct More
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