Hi-no-youjin

Childhood love collides with class divide in 18th-century Edo, where a merchant’s daughter’s unresolved passion ignites catastrophic fire. Matsukichi, now a firefighter and social outcast, reunites with her mid-blaze as the city burns. Otomo’s animated reconstruction leans on precise historical detail and kinetic chaos, not mythmaking.

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Katsuhiro Otomo directed Hi-no-youjin in 2012. See Katsuhiro Otomo's full filmography, where to start with Katsuhiro Otomo, or where to go after you've seen everything by Katsuhiro Otomo.

Hi-no-youjin was released in 2012 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 13 minutes.