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The Boy And The Beast and Wolf Children
The Boy And The Beast (Bakemono no ko) (Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Mamoru Hosoda; Writer: Mamoru Hosoda; Stars: Kumiko Asô, Rirî Furankî, Suzu Hirose, Haru Kuroki, Mamoru Miyano, Aoi Miyazaki, Sumire Morohoshi, Keishi Nagatsuka, Momoka Ohno, Shôta Sometani, Masahiko Tsugawa, Kôji Yakusho, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Yô Ôizumi)
A runaway human boy becomes apprenticed to a supernatural beast.
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Wolf Children (Ookami Kodomo No Ame To Yuki) (Country: Japan; Year: 2012; Director: Mamoru Hosoda; Writer: Mamoru Hosoda, Satoko Okudera; Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Huru Kuroki)
After falling in love with a werewolf she meets at university, a young woman is left alone to raise two half-wolf children who must be hidden from prying eyes.
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