Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto (2009)

6.0/10 113 min Fantasy Comedy Science 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!

Cast

Takayuki Yamada

Akira Abe

Chiaki Kuriyama

Fumi Kusunoki

Gaku Hamada

Koichi Takamura

Sei Ashina

Kyoko Sawara

Takuya Ishida

Mitsuru Ashiya

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Makoto Sugawara

Shota Saito

Miyoshi (older brother)

Keita Saito

Miyoshi (younger brother)

Renji Ishibashi

bar manager

Megumi Sato

Mika Tachibana

Gota Watabe

Matsunaka

Masato Wada

Taira Aomori

Tamiyasu Cho

Akamito Kakimoto

Papaya Suzuki

Suzuki

Eiko Otani

Tamami Hosokawa

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