Project Author: David Mills
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Nippon Television Network Corporation, Studio Chizu, TOHO, VAP, dentsu, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, D.N. Dream Partners, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, KADOKAWA, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company
The Boy and the Beast
In a world of beasts, he found a family.
Genre:
Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Runtime:
119
Released:
2015
Rating:
7.943
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Mamoru Hosoda, Mamoru Hosoda
FILM OVERVIEW
The Boy and the Beast
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.
DIRECTOR
Mamoru Hosoda
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Masakatsu Takagi (Original Music Composer)
Takashi Omori (Art Direction)
Kyoko Kitahara (Music Producer)
Mamoru Hosoda (Director)
Mr.Children (Theme Song Performance)
Atsushi Chiba (Producer)
Genki Kawamura (Producer)
Seiji Okuda (Producer)
Yuichiro Sato (Producer)
Yoichi Nishikawa (Art Direction)
CAST MEMBERS
Koji Yakusho
Aoi Miyazaki
Shota Sometani
Suzu Hirose
Lily Franky
Yo Oizumi
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Mamoru Miyano
Kappei Yamaguchi
Haru Kuroki
MORE PRODUCTION
Yohei Takamatsu (Art Direction), Daisuke Kadoya (Executive Producer), Nozomu Takahashi (Executive Producer), Hitoshi Ito (Associate Producer), Yuzuru Satou (Associate Producer), Daisuke Iga (Costume Design), Shigeru Nishiyama (Editor), Kiyotaka Waki (Line Producer), Mamoru Hosoda (Original Story), Leititia Gokura (Production Assistant), Takafumi Watanabe (Thanks), Yoshio Obara (Recording Supervision), Mamoru Hosoda (Writer), Minami Ichikawa (Producer), Shinichirou Inoue (Producer), Noboru Kashiwagi (Producer), Riichirô Nakamura (Producer), Yoshio Nakayama (Producer), Yuka Saito (Producer), Tomoko Suzuki (Associate Producer), Masaya Yabushita (Producer), Ryo Horibe (Director of Photography), Satoshi Mashida (Casting), Anri Jojo (Art Designer), Osamu Mikasa (Color Designer), Yuji Akazawa (Sound Effects), Prashant Arora (Visual Effects Technical Director), Ryo Horibe (CGI Director), Hisako Akagi (Background Designer), Katsushi Aoki (Background Designer), Hiroyuki Aoyama (Key Animation), Yoshikazu Fukutome (Background Designer), Kenji Hachizaki (Key Animation), Takayuki Hamada (Key Animation), Hideki Hamasu (Key Animation), Kazuyuki Hashimoto (Background Designer), Ayako Hata (Key Animation), Kosuke Hayashi (Background Designer), Akemi Higashi (Background Designer), Kaori Hino (Background Designer), Sayaka Hirahara (Background Designer), Shunsuke Hirota (Key Animation), Takeshi Honda (Key Animation), Akira Honma (Key Animation), Mamoru Hosoda (Character Designer), Daisuke Iga (Character Designer), Takeshi Inamura (Key Animation), Junko Ina (Background Designer), Ryoko Ina (Background Designer), Ei Inoue (Key Animation), Toshiyuki Inoue (Key Animation), Yumi Ishii (Background Designer), Akane Iwakuma (Background Designer), Megumi Kagawa (Key Animation), Ayae Kanbe (Background Designer), Naomi Kasugai (Background Designer), Kurumi Katayama (Background Designer), Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Key Animation), Takeshi Koike (Key Animation), Masahiko Kubo (Key Animation), Tomotaka Kubo (Background Designer), Kitaro Kosaka (Key Animation), Yu Xuan Liu (Background Designer), Hiroko Minowa (Key Animation), Hitoshi Nagasaki (Background Designer), Osamu Nakajima (Background Designer), Satoko Nakamura (Background Designer), Tatsuzo Nishita (Animation Director), Yuka Nitta (Background Designer), Kazuo Oga (Background Designer), Yasumi Ogura (Key Animation), Hiroshi Ohno (Background Designer), Kazutaka Ozaki (Key Animation), Tadashi Sakazaki (Key Animation), Kiyoshi Sameshima (Background Designer), Hiroshi Sato (Background Designer), Hideki Takahashi (Key Animation), Ai Takashi (Key Animation), Yoji Takeshige (Background Designer), Atsuko Tanaka (Key Animation), Michiko Taniguchi (Background Designer), Miho Tokita (Background Designer), Tatsuya Tomaru (Key Animation), Youichi Watanabe (Background Designer), Akira Yamakawa (Background Designer), Takaaki Yamashita (Animation Director), Shiho Yanase (Background Designer), Kikuyo Yano (Background Designer), Harumi Yanoki (Background Designer), Shinji Otsuka (Key Animation), Takuya Ito (Producer), Masaru Ohgawara (Foley Artist), Kenji Ashimoto (Orchestrator)
MORE CAST
Momoka Ohno, Sumire Morohoshi, Keishi Nagatsuka, Kumiko Aso, Masahiko Tsugawa
