Film record

The Boy and the Beast

Original title: バケモノの子

2015Animation119 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Genres
coming-of-age film · supernatural anime · fantasy anime

Credits

Direction

Mamoru Hosoda — Directing

Music

Masakatsu Takagi — Music composition

Cast

Kōji Yakusho — Voice acting (熊徹)
Shōta Sometani — Voice acting (蓮)
Aoi Miyazaki — Voice acting (蓮)
Suzu Hirose — Voice acting (楓)
Yō Ōizumi — Voice acting (多々良)
Lily Franky — Voice acting (百秋坊)
Masahiko Tsugawa — Voice acting (宗師)
Kazuhiro Yamaji — Voice acting (猪王山)
Mamoru Miyano — Voice acting (一郎彦)
Haru Kuroki — Voice acting (一郎彦)
Kappei Yamaguchi — Voice acting (二郎丸)
Sumire Morohoshi — Voice acting (チコ)
Keishi Nagatsuka — Voice acting
Kumiko Asō — Voice acting

Production

Seiji Okuda — Production

Writing

Mamoru Hosoda — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Tōhō

International
Verified
Distribution

Mozinet

International
Verified
Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

Japan · Original release
11 Jul 2015Checked 5 Oct 2026
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