Introduction
The story tells how a young mathematics genius Kenji, together with his senior
and crush Natsuki and her relatives, solve a world crisis triggered by “OZ” the
virtual reality world. A summer action family movie that mixes the two significantly
different themes of the internet and large rural families, you will be fascinated
by the quick pacing of its battle scenes and the intimate portrayal of human drama.
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Director：Mamoru Hosoda
Born in Toyama in 1967, he joined Toei Doga (now Toei Animation) in 1991 and made his debut as a film director in 1999 with 'Digimon Adventure the Movie'. Later, as a freelance director, he released The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Summer Wars (2009). In 2011, he set up his own animation film production company, Studio Chizu, and directed, wrote the script and wrote the original story for both Wolf Children (12) and The Boy And The Beast (2015). Mirai (2018) (director, screenplay and original story) was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards. BELLE (2021) (director, screenplay and original story) was selected for the Cannes Première section at the 74th Cannes International Film Festival.
＊Talk show will be held only on the December 13th session.
Special Feature
46004 Post-screening talk
Guest: Mamoru Hosoda、Shinichiro Inoue