Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto (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!
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
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Takayuki Yamada as Akira Abe |
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Chiaki Kuriyama as Fumi Kusunoki |
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Gaku Hamada as Koichi Takamura |
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Sei Ashina as Kyoko Sawara |
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Takuya Ishida as Mitsuru Ashiya |
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Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Makoto Sugawara |
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Shota Saito as Miyoshi (older brother) |
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Keita Saito as Miyoshi (younger brother) |
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Renji Ishibashi as bar manager |
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Megumi Sato as Mika Tachibana |
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Gota Watabe as Matsunaka |
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Masato Wada as Taira Aomori |
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Tamiyasu Cho as Akamito Kakimoto |
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Papaya Suzuki as Suzuki |
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Eiko Otani as Tamami Hosokawa |
| Directing | Katsuhide Motoki | Director |
| Sound | Yoshikazu Suo | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Isao Kawase | Editor |
| Art | Takashi Nishimura | Art Direction |
| Sound | Akihiko Okase | Sound Effects |
| Production | Chiaki Noji | Producer |
| Production | Takashi Yajima | Producer |
| Writing | Manabu Makime | Original Story |
| Writing | Maruo Kyozuka | Writer |
| Crew | Papaya Suzuki | Choreographer |
| Camera | Shôji Ehara | Director of Photography |