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THE BOY AND THE BEAST (Japan 2015) ***1/2
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Starring: Bryn Apprill, Kumiko Asô, Morgan Berry
Review by Gilbert Seah
When his mother dies, the nine year-old boy, Ren (voiced by Aoi Miyazaki) runs away from his relatives in modern day Tokyo and stumbles into a parallel realm inhabited by anthropomorphic beasts. There he becomes the apprentice to bear-like Kumatetsu (Koji Yakusho) who trains him in martial arts. Kumatetsu is a grumpy sort and the boy is feisty – so there is non-stop bickering back and forth. When the boy turns 17 (Shota Sometani), a darkness descends, putting the bond between him and Kumatetsu to the ultimate test. Ren re-enters the human world to search for his missing dad and halts the martial-arts training.
THE BOY AND THE BEAST is not entirely original…
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