Battle League Horumo
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Profile
- Movie: Battle League Horumo
- Romaji: Kamogawa Horumo
- Japanese: 鴨川ホルモー
- Director: Katsuhide Motoki
- Writer: Manabu Makime (novel), Maruo Kyozuka
- Producer: Takashi Yajima, Chiaki Noji
- Cinematographer Shouji Ehara
- World Premiere: March 20, 2009 (Okinawa International Movie Festival)
- Release Date: April 18, 2009
- Runtime: 113 min.
- Studio: Shochiku
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of "Horumo" - a combat match where each person manipulates 100 spirits (referred to as "oni") to fight the opponent. Akira Abe, a freshman at Kyoto University student falls for his classmate Kyoko, and soon ends up at a mysterious club called “Kyoto University Azure Dragon” which turns out to be one of the Horumo teams, playing the mysterious (and somewhat absurd) game which started over 1,000 years ago in the Heian period.The heat rises as you see the 2,000 CGI created spirits wage fierce battles against the backdrop of breathtaking beautiful city of Kyoto. Let the battle begin!
Cast
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| Takayuki Yamada | Chiaki Kuriyama | Sei Ashina | Takuya Ishida | Gaku Hamada | YosiYosi Arakawa |
| Akira Abe | Fumi Kusunoki | Kyoko Sawara | Mitsuru Ashiya | Koichi Takamura | Makoto Sugawara |
Additional Cast Members:
- Shota Saito - Miyoshi (older brother)
- Keita Saito - Miyoshi (younger brother)
- Renji Ishibashi - bar manager
- Gota Watabe - Matsunaka
- Masato Wada - Taira Aomori
- Megumi Sato - Mika Tachibana
- Tamiyasu Cho - Akamito Kakimoto
- Papaya Suzuki - Suzuoni
- Eiko Otani - Tamami Hosokawa
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Film Festivals
- 2009 (1st) Okinawa International Movie Festival - March 19th-22nd - Competition Section (World Premiere)
- 2009 (13th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 9th-29th (North American Premiere)
- 2009 (29th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 15th-25th - Spotlight on Japan
Awards
- "Laugh & Peace" Competition Grand Prix - 2009 (1st) Okinawa International Movie Festival
