Kitaro
Kitaro is half-human and half-yokai (a general term for creatures and supernatural beings), orphaned as a child and dedicated to keeping the peace between the human and yokai worlds. Kitaro tries to save a high school girl named Yumeko and stop a stone with the power to control both worlds from falling into the wrong hands.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Released
- 2007
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 2007
Storyline
Kitaro is half-human and half-yokai (a general term for creatures and supernatural beings), orphaned as a child and dedicated to keeping the peace between the human and yokai worlds. Kitaro tries to save a high school girl named Yumeko and stop a stone with the power to control both worlds from falling into the wrong hands.
Top credits
- Eiji Wentz — Kitarô
- Mao Inoue — Mika Miura
Rena Tanaka — Nekomusume
Yô Ôizumi — Nezumi Otoko
Did you know
• A lot of the "ghosts" or whatever the creatures are household names in Japan. They have been written about or drawn in books for hundreds of years.Some of the creatures were created by the author/manga writer Shigeru Mizuki.
• The green train that the human girl Mika Miura uses near the start is the Enoden train. It is an old fashioned/nostalgic train that runs along the coast near Kamakura's Big Buddha.
User reviews
Kid-friendly film doesn't do justice to the manga character....
Yokai for teeny-boppers
Kitaro makes it right again
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital EX
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
