The
second trailer for Mamoru Hosoda's upcoming film 'The Boy and the
Beast' has just been released.
The
film will tell a story set in the human world's Shibuya ward of
Tokyo, as well as the bakemono realm. These two worlds are not meant
to intersect, but one day, a lonely bakemono named Kumatetsu
discovers a lonely boy lost in the bakemono world, and takes him on
as a disciple which he re-names Kyuta.
Hosoda
first gained notoriety with his previous films 'The Girl Who Leapt
Through Time' and 'Summer Wars' before following it up with 'Wolf
Children' in 2012, but the man's work goes back a long ways. Before
breaking out on his own, he directed both of the 'Digimon Adventure'
films (most notably 'Our War Game' – or the second half of 'The
Movie' was it was released in the US – which shares many
similarities with Summer Wars) as well as the sixth One Piece film.
In
addition to the trailer, the cast of the film was also recently
announced.
CHARACTER
– ACTOR
Kumatetsu
– Koji Yakusho
Kyuta
(child) – Aoi Miyazaki
Kyuta
(adolescent) – Shota Sometani
Kaede
– Suzu Hirose
Grand
Master – Masahiko Tsugawa
Monk
Momoaki – Lily Franky
Tatara
– Yo Oizumi
Iozan
– Kazuhiro Yamaji
Ichirohiko
(younger) – Haru Kuroki
Ichirohiko
(older) – Mamoru Miyano
Jiromaru
(younger) – Momoka Ohno
Jiromaru
(older) – Kappei Yamaguchi
Chiko
– Sumire Morohoshi
Kyuta's
Father – Keishi Nagatsuka
Kyuta's
Mother – Kumiko Asou
As
a huge fan of all of Hosoda's previoius works, my level of excitement
for this film is off the charts!
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