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Bungo Stray Dogs the Movie: BEAST

2022 · 117 min

A moody, alternate-reality spin on familiar characters, trading warmth for brooding tension and stylish, earnest action.

Directed by
Koichi Sakamoto
Genres
Action, Crime, Fantasy
Starring
Shohei Hashimoto, Yuki Torigoe, Rui Tabuchi
Overview
Set in an alternative world of Bungo Stray Dogs, this "what-if" story imagines if Atsushi Nakajima was in the Port Mafia and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was in the Armed Detective Agency, instead of vice-versa. The story follows Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, who vows revenge on a man dressed in black in order to rescue his sister. However, as he is about to starve to death, a man from the Armed Detective Agency appears.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Koichi Sakamoto
Genres
Action, Crime, Fantasy
Starring
Shohei Hashimoto, Yuki Torigoe, Rui Tabuchi
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • family
  • identity
  • loyalty
  • fate
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour2
Realism3
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
action, crime, fantasy
Directed by
Koichi Sakamoto
Written by
Kafka Asagiri
Starring
Shohei Hashimoto, Yuki Torigoe, Rui Tabuchi, Masashi Taniguchi, Ayaka Konno, Teruma, Ryoki Nagae, Kosuke Kuwano
Music
Taku Iwasaki
Cinematography
Shu G. Momose
Runtime
117 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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