Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto

Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto

113 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy | April 18, 2009

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!

Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto

113 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy | April 18, 2009

Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto
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!
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 鴨川ホルモー
Directors Katsuhide Motoki
Writers Maruo Kyōzuka, Manabu Makime

Cast

Takayuki Yamada

as Akira Abe

Chiaki Kuriyama

as Fumi Kusunoki

Gaku Hamada

as Koichi Takamura

Sei Ashina

as Kyoko Sawara

Takuya Ishida

as Mitsuru Ashiya

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

as Makoto Sugawara

Shota Saito

as Miyoshi (older brother)

Keita Saito

as Miyoshi (younger brother)

Renji Ishibashi

as bar manager

Megumi Sato

as Mika Tachibana

Gota Watabe

as Matsunaka

Masato Wada

as Taira Aomori

Tamiyasu Cho

as Akamito Kakimoto

Papaya Suzuki

as Suzuki

Eiko Otani

as Tamami Hosokawa