The Boy and the Beast (2015)
In a world of beasts, he found a family.
ActionAdventureAnimationDramaFamilyFantasy
Director: Mamoru Hosoda · Writer: Mamoru Hosoda
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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Director
Mamoru Hosoda
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) User Reviews (1)
> 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 director of 'Wolf Children'. That was his career best movie, so I think the director wanted to follow the same footstep. Thus he ended up making this one which was quite similar theme, except the sketches were not as cute as that. Like one of the discussion topics on this title, it almost connects with the director's previous movie. Maybe something like Tarantino, who tried to connect 'The Hateful Eight' with 'Django Unchained', later dropped the idea for the characters that failed to merge. But here the reason might be the drawings which were somewhat different styles. And this one seems for tee…
