
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
1955. Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, comes to Yagura Village in search of his missing wife. The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business circles behind the scenes. Mizuki, who works at a blood bank, visits the village with a secret mission to mourn the death of the head of his family, and meets Kitaro's father. While an ugly fight unfolds over the succession of the head of the family, a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying chain of events.
First aired
November 17, 2023
Type
Movie
Characters
Cast
Miyuki Sawashiro
Kitarou (voice)
Masako Nozawa
Medama-Oyaji (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Kitarou's Father (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Mizuki (voice)
Umeka Shouji
Neko-Musume (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
A Mysterious Boy (voice)
Atsumi Tanezaki
Sayo Ryuga (voice)
Yumiko Kobayashi
Tokiya Nagata (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Tokimaru Ryuga (voice)
Crew
Gou Koga
Director
Tomoyuki Ishiyama
Director of Photography
Kohei Kido
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Mai Ichioka
Art Direction
Toko Yatabe
Character Designer
Sayoko Yokoyama
Color Designer
Kazutaka Sugiyama
Key Animation
Tatsuya Miki
Key Animation
Naotoshi Shida
Key Animation
Hisashi Mori
Key Animation
Ryu Nakayama
Key Animation
Akira Hamaguchi
Key Animation
Naoki Tate
Key Animation
Akihiro Ota
Key Animation
Takeo Ide
Key Animation
Reika Hoshino
Key Animation
Ken Ootsuka
Key Animation
Kenji Kawai
Original Music Composer
Shigeru Mizuki
Original Story
Shunsuke Ōtake
Publicist
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Screenplay