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Ibara no O -King of Thorn-

King of Thorn

いばらの王　-King of Thorn-

(c) YUJI IWAHARA / PUBLISHED BY ENTERBRAIN, INC. / Team IBARA

Release Date: May, 1st, 2010

Running Time: 109 min

Genre: Action/Adventure , Science Fiction/Fantasy , Animation

Color: Color

Screening Format: 35mm,Digital Betacam, HDCAM

Screen Size: American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing: Dolby Digital,Dolby Stereo/ Magnetic(betacam)

Subtitle: English

[ Directed by ]

KATAYAMA Kazuyoshi

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

IWAHARA Yuji ── Original Story
YAMAGUCHI　Hiroshi ── Screenplay
KATAYAMA Kazuyoshi ── Screenplay
SAHASHI Toshihiko ── Music

[ Production Company ]

BANDAI VISUAL, SUNRISE, ENTERBRAIN, Kadokawa Pictures, TV TOKYO, DENTSU, SONY PCL

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Kadokawa Pictures

[ Production Studio ]

SUNRISE

[ Story ]

A deep and heavy sci-fi survival animation based on the comic of the same title by Iwahara Yuji It was shown at many film festivals such as Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival in Spain, and attracted a lot of interest. A strange disease "Medousa" has become a worldwide epidemic - there is no cure for it and the death rate is 100%. A girl, Kasumi (voice: Hanazawa Kana), has been chosen as a participant to be put into a cold sleep in a hope for the future cure. However, she wakes up only to find that the world had changed completely and now it is covered with spooky thorns and controlled by monsters.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.kingofthorn.net/jp/

[ Contact (International) ]

Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. （Except for Asia and English-speaking countries）
Fujisawa Bldg., 4-30-16 Ogikubo, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 167-0051
Attn: International Team
E-mail: https://www.bnfw.co.jp/contact/
https://www.bnfw.co.jp/en/

KADOKAWA CORPORATION
International Sales （For Asia）
2-13-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8177
Rep: NATSUNO Takeshi (President)
tel: +81 3 6893 3603
fax: +81 3 6893 3607
E-mail: ishii-to@kadokawa.jp
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp

Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. （For English-speaking countries）
Fujisawa Bldg., 4-30-16 Ogikubo, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 167-0051
https://www.bnfw.co.jp/en/

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