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Release Date:
November 17, 2023
Original Title:
鬼太郎誕生 ゲゲゲの謎
Alternate Titles:
Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo
คิทาโร่เดอะมูฟวี่ : ภาคแก่นแท้
鬼太郎誕生 咯咯咯之謎
鬼太郎誕生:咯咯咯之謎
鬼太郎诞生之咯咯咯之谜
키타로 탄생 게게게의 수수께끼: 트루 에디션
Genres:
Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
Production Companies:
Toei Animation
Toei Company
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
HK: IIB ID: 13+ JP: R15+ KR: 15 TW: 12+
Runtime: 104
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.
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Art Direction:
Mai Ichioka
Character Designer:
Toko Yatabe
Color Designer:
Sayoko Yokoyama
Director:
Gou Koga
Director of Photography:
Tomoyuki Ishiyama
Key Animation:
Kazutaka Sugiyama
Hisashi Mori
Tatsuya Miki
Akira Hamaguchi
Naoki Tate
Ryu Nakayama
Naotoshi Shida
Akihiro Ota
Ken Ootsuka
Takeo Ide
Reika Hoshino
Original Music Composer:
Kenji Kawai
Original Story:
Shigeru Mizuki
Other:
Shunsuke Ōtake
Publicist:
Shunsuke Ōtake
Screenplay:
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Second Unit First Assistant Director:
Kohei Kido
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