Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.
- katana
- post-apocalyptic future
- sword fight
- decapitation
- shaman
- based on manga
- demon
- dark fantasy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Eita Nagayama — Tahomaru
- Mieko Harada — Yuri
- Katsuo Nakamura — Bipa
- Anna Tsuchiya — Sabame Lady
- Kumiko Aso — Ojiya
- Gekidan Hitori — Scoundrel
- Denden — Praying Father
- Shun Sugata — Hibukuro
- Tetta Sugimoto — Sabame
- Satoshi Hakuzen
- Misayo Haruki — Praying Mother
- Directed
- Akihiko Shiota
- Written
- Masaru Nakamura, Akihiko Shiota
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 149 ratings
- Studio
- Twins Japan, TOHO, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun, Yahoo! Japan, Universal Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
