The animated film “Mononoke Movie: Karakasa” directed by Kenji Nakamura has won the Bronze Audience Award in the Feature Animation category at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival held in Montreal, Canada.
The Feature Animation category Audience Award is determined by a popular vote among festival attendees. The film’s screening at the festival was sold out, and it also won the Satoshi Kon Award for Best Animated Feature Film, achieving a double win.
“Mononoke Movie: Karakasa” is currently in theaters in Japan. The film is set in the women’s quarters of the imperial palace, where beautiful and talented women from all over the country have gathered to give birth to the emperor’s successor. The story follows a medicine seller who confronts the Mononoke. The voice cast includes Hiroshi Kamiya as the medicine seller.
A sequel, “Mononoke: Chapter 2 – Hinezumi”, is scheduled for release on March 14, 2025.
“Mononoke Movie: Karakasa”
Staff
- Director: Kenji Nakamura
- Character Design: Kokoro Odawara
- Animation Character Design and Chief Animation Director: Yuichi Takahashi
- Art Setting: Yoichi Uenishi
- Art Directors: Shigeru Okada, Yoko Saito
- Color Design: Kunio Tsujita
- Visual Director: Yoichi Izumi
- 3D Director: Kenichi Shirai
- Editor: Shigeru Nishiyama
- Sound Director: Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
- Music: Taku Iwasaki
- Producers: Koji Sato, Yuki Sudo
- Planning Producer: Koji Yamamoto
- Distributors: Twin Engine, Giglio Box
- Production: Twin Engine, EOTA
- Cast
- Medicine Seller: Hiroshi Kamiya
- Asa: Tomoyo Kurosawa
- Kame: Aoi Yuki
- Kitagawa: Kana Hanazawa
- Kayama: Mami Koyama
- Otomo Botan: Haruka Tomatsu
- Tokita Fuki: Yoko Hikasa
- Awashima: Yuka Iguchi
- Mugitani: Yui Horie
- Saburamaru: Kaito Ishikawa
- Hiraki: Jun Fukuyama
- Sakashita: Daisuke Hosomi
- Tenshi: Miyu Irino
- Mizuroki Hokuto: Kenjiro Tsuda
Source: Comics Natalie