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Inu-Oh

2022 · 98 min

A wildly inventive, rock-opera spectacle that blends history, friendship, and the supernatural into a cathartic, genre-defying experience.

Directed by
Masaaki Yuasa
Genres
Animation, Drama, Music
Starring
Avu-chan, Mirai Moriyama, Tasuku Emoto
Tagline
Bring it on, Japan's Romantic
Overview
A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan.

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Directed by
Masaaki Yuasa
Genres
Animation, Drama, Music
Starring
Avu-chan, Mirai Moriyama, Tasuku Emoto
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • identity
  • art
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • musical
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour3
Realism4
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, drama, music, fantasy, history
Directed by
Masaaki Yuasa
Written by
Akiko Nogi
Starring
Avu-chan, Mirai Moriyama, Tasuku Emoto, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yutaka Matsushige, Kuroemon Katayama, Kengo Tanimoto, Takanobu Sakaguchi
Music
Yoshihide Otomo
Cinematography
Yoshihiro Sekiya
Runtime
98 min
Country
Japan, Hong Kong
Languages
Japanese

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