The Boy and the Beast
A streetwise orphan stumbles into a hidden realm of beasts and must earn the trust of a gruff guardian while battling rival monsters and his own doubts to find a way back home.
“In a world of beasts, he found a family.”
Synopsis
Kyuta is a boy who lives in Shibuya, while Kumatetsu is a solitary creature from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta enters this imaginary realm and, while searching for a way back, encounters Kumatetsu, who becomes his spirit guide. This meeting leads the two on a series of adventures.
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Principal cast & crew: 18
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Edited by Shigeru NishiyamaShot by Ryo HoribeScored by Masakatsu Takagi
Box Office
2015 · Box office
Grossed $49.7M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$49.7M
US & Canada: $491K — 1% of worldwide · International: $49.2M (99%)
Re-release box office
- 2025224 theaters
- $36K($37K today)
Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation
Also known as
- Der Junge und das Biestde
- The Boy and the Beasten
- El Niño y la bestiaes
- Le garçon et la bêtefr
- バケモノの子ja
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Cast & Crew
18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Koji Yakusho
as Kumatetsu
Aoi Miyazaki
as Kyûta (shônen-ki)
Shota Sometani
as Kyûta (seinen-ki)
Suzu Hirose
as Kaede
Kazuhiro Yamaji
as Iozan
Mamoru Miyano
as Ichirôhiko (seinen-ki)
Kappei Yamaguchi
as Jirômaru (seinen-ki)
Haru Kuroki
as Ichirôhiko (shônen-ki)
Momoka Ono
as Jirômaru (shônen-ki)
Sumire Morohoshi
as Chiko
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