The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

"The first-ever reveal of the story of Kitaro's Fathers.."

2023 1h 44m JA

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 27

AnimationComedyMysteryFantasy

Synopsis

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1955. Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, comes to Yagura Village in search of his missing wife. The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business circles behind the scenes. Mizuki, who works at a blood bank, visits the village with a secret mission to mourn the death of the head of his family, and meets Kitaro's father. While an ugly fight unfolds over the succession of the head of the family, a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying chain of events.

“The first-ever reveal of the story of Kitaro's Fathers..”

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Cast

Miyuki Sawashiro
Kitarou (voice)
Masako Nozawa
Medama-Oyaji (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Kitarou's Father (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Mizuki (voice)
Umeka Shoji
Neko-Musume (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
A Mysterious Boy (voice)
Atsumi Tanezaki
Sayo Ryuga (voice)
Yumiko Kobayashi
Tokiya Nagata (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gou Koga
Writers: Hiroyuki Yoshino, Shigeru Mizuki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gou Koga, shot by Tomoyuki Ishiyama. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Miyuki Sawashiro and Masako Nozawa and Toshihiko Seki carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The first-ever reveal of the story of Kitaro's Fathers..".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt16270512 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 27 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gou Koga directs. Tomoyuki Ishiyama behind the camera. Kenji Kawai scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Directed by Gou Koga, shot by Tomoyuki Ishiyama. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Kenji Kawai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Miyuki Sawashiro and Masako Nozawa and Toshihiko Seki carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "The first-ever reveal of the story of Kitaro's Fathers..".
6IMDB entry: tt16270512 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 27 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.