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Kakurenbo
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is a Japanese cel-shaded anime short film written and directed by Shuhei Morita.
Film · TMDB
6.0Among the ruins of the city, there is a game only children can play. It is called “Otokoyo”; a game of hide-and-seek. But whenever children play this game, one by one they would disappear into the blinds of the buildings… The story begins when a boy enters the world of Otokoyo, to find his missing sister.
Cast
- Junko Takeuchi as Hikora (voice)
- Ryou Naitou as Noshiga (voice)
- Masami Suzuki as Sorincha (voice)
- Akiko Kobayashi as Suku (voice)
- Mika Ishibashi as Tachiji (voice)
- Makoto Ueki as Yaimao (voice)
Themes
- anime
- psychological
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Anime · MyAnimeList
Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek
- Score
- 6.6/10 (20,434 votes)
- Rank
- #7116
- Popularity
- #4105
- Type
- Movie
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studios
- Yamato Works
Among the high rises of steel pipes, meshed power lines, and faded neon lights, exists a game that children dare to play within the ruins of the old city. "Otokoyo," a secret game of hide-and-seek, one where all who play wear fox masks and only begins when seven have gathered. B…
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek
- Film.director
- Shuhei Morita
- Film.image
- Kakurenbo FilmPoster.jpeg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical poster.
- Film.producer
- Shuhei Morita
- Film.writer
- Shuhei Morita
- Film.starring
- Junko TakeuchiAkiko Kobayashi
- Film.studio
- YamatoWorks
- Film.runtime
- 25 minutes
- Film.language
- Japanese
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Characters
- Demons
- Reception
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- External links
is a Japanese cel-shaded anime short film written and directed by Shuhei Morita.
The film entails a game of , a version of hide and seek played by children, wearing fox masks, near the ruins of an abandoned old Kowloon-inspired city. The children who play this disappear, believed to be spirited away by demons. Kakurenbo follows Hikora, a boy who joins the game with hopes of finding his missing sister, Sorincha. The storyline is built on the idea that Tokyo is losing its natural aesthetic, which includes child's games such as hide and seek in order for industrial progress to ensue i.e. lighting the city of Tokyo costing innocence of childhood games.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kakurenbo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.