The Boy from Hell

2004 0h 50m JA

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3.9

SKIP

★3.9TMDB · 7

Horror

Synopsis

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A mysterious old woman appears before Setsu, who has recently lost her only child in a tragic accident. She says she can bring Setsu's son, Daio back to life. After agreeing to this sinister proposal, Daio returns to his mother, but to Setsu's horror, he is half decomposed and inhuman. To make him human again, he needs fresh human organs. Setsu does everything she can to reincarnate her son, but Daio just turns into a different kind of monster. No one can stop him as he continues to feed his hunger, claiming victim after victim.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mirai Yamamoto
Setsu
Mitsuru Akaboshi
Daio
Baku Numata
Hanae Shōji
Kanji Tsuda
Detective
Shota Sometani

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mari Asato
Writers: Hideshi Hino, Naoki Yamamoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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Fun facts 🍿

1 / 7

RUNTIME

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Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Mirai Yamamoto and Mitsuru Akaboshi and Baku Numata carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0780049 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mari Asato directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Part of the "Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Mirai Yamamoto and Mitsuru Akaboshi and Baku Numata carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0780049 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 50 min · 0h 50m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: The Boy from Hell (2004)

Part of

Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror

Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror, also known as the Kaiki Gekijou Hexalogy, is a series of six live action Japanese horror films from Pony Canyon. Based on several manga of Hideshi Hino, the series was released theatrically in Japan in year 2004, and later released in North America in 2006.