My Oni Girl

2024 1h 52m JA

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7.2

SOLID

★7.2TMDB · 94

AnimationFantasyAdventureFamily

Synopsis

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A shy teenage boy's inability to say no is tested when a headstrong girl drags him on a mystical journey amid summer snow to find her missing mom.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kensho Ono
Hiiragi Yatsuse (voice)
Miyu Tomita
Tsumugi (voice)
Shintaro Asanuma
Ryūji Takahashi (voice)
Aya Yamane
Mio Takahashi (voice)
Tomoko Shiota
Shimako Yamashita (voice)
Shirou Saitou
Naoya Yamashita (voice)
Miou Tanaka
Mikio Yatsuse (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Mikuri Yatsuse (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tomotaka Shibayama
Writers: Tomotaka Shibayama, Yuko Kakihara, Atsuyuki Yukawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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2 / 8

CAST

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206+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tomotaka Shibayama, shot by Kei Machida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mina Kubota. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ryota Kinami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Kensho Ono and Miyu Tomita and Shintaro Asanuma carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt31788773 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 94 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tomotaka Shibayama directs. Kei Machida behind the camera. Mina Kubota scores. Ryota Kinami cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 2 years ago.
2206+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Tomotaka Shibayama, shot by Kei Machida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Mina Kubota. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Ryota Kinami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kensho Ono and Miyu Tomita and Shintaro Asanuma carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt31788773 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 94 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "supernatural", "mythology", "coming of age", "summer".