Kitaro tanjo Gegege no nazo
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
- Release Date
- November, 17th, 2023
- Running Time
- 104 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Subtitle
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[ Directed by ]
[ Cast ]
- SEKI Toshihiko ── Kitaro's Dad (Medama-Oyaji)
- KIUCHI Hidenobu ── MIZUKI
- TANEZAKI Atsumi ── RYUGA Sayo
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko ── OSADA Tokiya
- FURUKAWA Toshio ── Nezumi
- SAWASHIRO Miyuki ── Kitaro
- SHOJI Umeka ── Nekomusume
- NOZAWA Masako ── Medama-Oyaji
[ Staff ]
- MIZUKI Shigeru ── Original Story
- YOSHINO Hiroyuki ── Screenplay
- KAWAI Kenji ── Music
- YATABE Toko ── Character Design
[ Production Company ]
"Kitaro Tanjo Gegege no Nazo" Production Committee.
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
TOEI
[ Production Studio ]
TOEI ANIMATION
[ Story ]
This feature-length animated film, produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the original author Mizuki Shigeru, depicts the story leading up to the birth of Kitaro, which should be called "Episode 0" of the sixth season of the TV animation series broadcast from 2018 to 2020.
Kitaro (Sawashiro Miyuki) and Medama Oyaji (Nozawa Masako) set foot in the abandoned village of Warekura. About seventy years ago, in 1956, Kitaro's father (Seki Toshihiko) visited that village, which was ruled by the Ryuga clan, to look for his wife...
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Feature Films in the Contrechamp Competition
[ Contact (International) ]
Toei Animation Co., Ltd.
5F, Nakano Central Park East, 4-10-1Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0001
E-mail: [email protected]
http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en
