Kakurenbo

The last light of dusk slants through broken windows. Silhouettes flicker across the bombed-out plaza, chanting under breath. One child steps forward, the sixth seat in the circle left empty. A director who animates dread frame by frame spins this daylight nightmare into a lost-night hunt.

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Shuhei Morita directed Kakurenbo in 2004. See Shuhei Morita's full filmography, where to start with Shuhei Morita, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shuhei Morita.

Kakurenbo was released in 2004 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 25 minutes.