- Kakurenbo
Infobox Film
name = Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek
director =Shuuhei Morita
producer =Shuuhei Morita
writer =Shuuhei Morita
starring =Junko Takeuchi
Akiko Kobayashi
distributor =YamatoWorks (Japan )
Central Park Media (USA )
released =September 1 ,2004 (Japan)
October 30 ,2005 (USA)
runtime = 25 minutes
language = Japanese
budget =
website = http://www.cwfilms.jp/kakurenbo/index.htm
amg_id = 1:334905
imdb_id = 0489102nihongo|"Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek"|カクレンボ|Kakurenbo|lit. "Hide and Seek" is a
Japan ese cel-shadedanime short film written and directed byShuuhei Morita .The film is based around "Otokoyo", a game of
hide and seek played by children near the ruins of an abandoned old city. The children who play this disappear, believed to be spirited away by demons. "Kakurenbo" follows Hikora, a boy who joins the game with hopes of finding his missing sister.Characters
*. The young boy who plays the game to find his missing sister.
*. Hikora's sister.
*. Hikora's best friend who plays the game to lend a hand in finding Sorincha.
*. The leader of his little gang who claims is not afraid of demons.
*. One of the members in Noshiga's gang. He has blond hair and wears glasses.
*. Another member of Noshiga's gang. He is short and has a large, red scarf.
* and nihongo|Yanku|ヤンク. Twin brothers whose reason for playing is a mystery.Demons
Once the eight children pass through the gates to enter the abandoned street, they are pursued by four different demons and then finally by the one who is "it". [In Japan, the game of tag is known as nihongo|Onigokko|鬼ごっこ, where the person who is "it" is the "Oni".]
*. The liver taker (a strange red humanoid)
*. The blood taker (a horned lion that wears a tarp over its back)
*. The oil taker (two small, identical demons, one sitting on a cart, and the other pulling said cart)
*. The child taker ( spider-like demon with eight arms)
* Oni. The demon, or ogre. It takes the form of Hikora's sister, except when the fox mask is removed its face appears to be demonic.Reception
Kakurenbo premiered in March 2005 at the
Tokyo International Anime Fair , where it won the award for Notable Entry in the General Category. In Korea, it received a Best Film Nomination at the Seoul Comics and Animation Festival. It then went on to win Best Short film at theFantasia Festival in Montreal.References
External links
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