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Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto

2009

113 minutes

FantasyComedyScience Fiction

Overview

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!

Top Cast

Takayuki Yamada headshot

Takayuki Yamada

Akira Abe

Chiaki Kuriyama headshot

Chiaki Kuriyama

Fumi Kusunoki

Gaku Hamada headshot

Gaku Hamada

Koichi Takamura

Sei Ashina headshot

Sei Ashina

Kyoko Sawara

Takuya Ishida headshot

Takuya Ishida

Mitsuru Ashiya

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa headshot

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Makoto Sugawara

Shota Saito headshot

Shota Saito

Miyoshi (older brother)

Keita Saito headshot

Keita Saito

Miyoshi (younger brother)

Renji Ishibashi headshot

Renji Ishibashi

bar manager

Megumi Sato headshot

Megumi Sato

Mika Tachibana

Gota Watabe headshot

Gota Watabe

Matsunaka

Masato Wada headshot

Masato Wada

Taira Aomori

Tamiyasu Cho headshot

Tamiyasu Cho

Akamito Kakimoto

Papaya Suzuki headshot

Papaya Suzuki

Suzuki

Eiko Otani headshot

Eiko Otani

Tamami Hosokawa