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.