How to enjoy the movie "child of the monster" - after appreciation to the journey of the "Burari pilgrimage"

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"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" (2006), "Summer Wars" (2009), "Wolf Children" latest "monster child" Mamoru Hosoda the first time in three years (2012) is finally July 11 than (Saturday), Shibuya · TOHO Cinemas other road show across the country begins.

Although the three-year period is a Hosoda director has continued to announce the latest, every time, carry out the storyline real the "city" to the stage. "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" in the Seibu Shinjuku Line Nakai Station neighborhood, "Summer Wars" in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, such as Toyama Prefecture is the birthplace of the director himself in the "wolf children", dropped carefully to detail along the actual scene but the background, causing the empathy that goes beyond the realm of animation to viewers.

This stage, the latest work is, it let alone "Shibuya".

(C) 2015 THE BOY AND THE BEAST FILM PARTNERS

In the middle of Shibuya scramble crossing, the main visual is the hero and KyuFutoshi (Kyuta) and the heroine of the high school girl, maple (maple) is standing two people, is very impressive. It would be to collect surely attention from overseas. In the past work of the up to now, has been crowded to make the story slowly and carefully in the countryside of the idyllic landscape, why, I wonder chose the big city, Shibuya in reversal is the latest installment in the location? Hosoda director in the town familiar is "we what, I think not of lurking those that exciting. To the Shibuya as urban space on the stage, but was a challenge, in going to make a movie , and indeed was realized that was a place suitable for adventure ", reveals the reason.

This story of "not come out even one step from Shibuya-ku" is, swashbuckler running around the inside of the city to freely. Apart from the human world, "Shibuya" is in this world, of another monster there is a world "Shibutengai (Jutengai)". Human and monster is living a parallel world that should not never intersect, one day, the boy's alone in the world and would wander into the world of monster. So boy, met with bitter heaven city boasts the strength to fight for twelve monster-Kumate' (Kumatetsu), become his disciple. KyuFutoshi (Kyuta) and named the boy, while the community life of the dignity of the pieces nor Kumate' in violent, grow and experience the adventure that goes beyond the imagination -.

Hosoda Underlying create works of supervision, certain message, "What is a parent-child love?" "What is family love?" "What is the human love?" It is felt. Among the variety of changing social environment, and race or nationality, gender, age, of course, even begun to change the family values. Director is a great difficulty to confront figure with family ties in the "Summer Wars", the parent-child of the growth story on the theme of mother and child in the "wolf children", and the latest work, not connected with blood "monster of teacher ( = father) and beautifully draw a relationship that the disciples (= child) ". In this background, after the "wolf children" publishing director himself three years ago, probably have given the impact that the son was born. "What is a parent and child?" "What is a father and son?" - Such as hesitation and growth in the child-rearing of such supervision themselves, feel that that glimpse into the teacher-student relationship with Kumate' and KyuFutoshi.

In, what is to be present in the human world and the parallel "monster world"? This may be different for each person to see the work, will the child can also be regarded as "growth process (training phase) = monster world" certainly through to when it comes to adult. In the relationship between human beings other than the family, the child and the parent away, and will become to adult. In other words, when the monster world looked back again to become an adult, "his that time", perhaps "there is or was a monster world (of for me)" a thing notice from and after. Land of Shibuya to form a variety of values ​​and cultures, fosters diversity and tolerance, just a variety of people and encounter great "training field = Shibutengai" whether not say. It is a selfish interpretation, but could also such a view.

Well, as a way of enjoying the work, I want you to pay attention to non-story. The scene that has been featured in the latest installment, not only just to Shibuya Station neighborhood such as the scramble crossing and center street, "Hatagaya shopping street", "Hikawa Shrine" "Shibuya Ward Office," "Yoyogi first gymnasium," "shore Memorial Gymnasium", etc. , to a small alley from the landmark that you know well, covering widely the Shibuya of the city.
Scene to the location of the "town center". (C) 2015 THE BOY AND THE BEAST FILM PARTNERS

In that sense, we'd like to recommend that you watch the work in Shibuya of a movie theater. Such as "Where is the library KyuFutoshi and maple wait?" "Where is the narrow alley that connects the human world and the monster world?", Looking forward to increase the pay out to the "Holy Land pilgrimage (location looking)" in Shibuya of the city after watching a movie . Even while feeling the fictional world of animation, by lead and realistic (actual scene), he should be able to penetrate deep into the mysterious world of fiction and the real world is interlaced. Feeling the lingering after watching movies, by all means want the city wandering.

In addition to "location looking for", and the other one, there is a point that I want you to notice while watching the work. It spent eight years in boys and KyuFutoshi is a world of monster "Shibutengai", but changes in the town at the time came back to the "human world" after a long time. "Passage of time" is not only to grow in strong young man from the boy KyuFutoshi, it is also reflected in the appearance of the people who go billboards and the city. Although it displaced from the right course of the story, if me watching the work also elaborate an eye on such details, it will more enjoyable.

Teacher and student love, thrilling action from the father and son love scene and up to love, enjoy together until the elderly from children "big entertainment". By all means, watch at a stage of work "Shibuya", I want to try to immerse yourself to the hilt in the world of the work.

Movie "child of the monster."
Yes Published: July 11, 2015
Yes theater: TOHO Cinemas Shibuya addition, roadshow nationwide Toho
Yes Director, Screenplay, Original: Mamoru Hosoda
Yes Voice Cast: Koji Yakusho, ※ Aoi Miyazaki, Shota Someya, Suzu Hirose addition
※ "Saki" is correct "large" → "stand"
〇 Official:Http://www.bakemono-no-ko.jp　

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