Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain

Mononoke: Karakasa

Summer 2024MOVIE1 Ep87mFinished

FantasyHorrorMysteryPsychologicalSupernatural

YoukaiGhostPrimarily Female CastExorcismHistoricalTragedyPrimarily Adult CastBullying

Studio: EOTA

Staff: Kenji Nakamura (Director), Kitsuneko Nagata (Staff), Rio (Animator), Tomomi Kawatsuma (Animator), Sayaka Takase (Animator)

Overview

The first movie in the <i>Mononoke</i> movie trilogy. Asa and Kame strike up an immediate friendship when they arrive at the same time for their first day of duty at the Ooku, the splendid pleasure palace housing the harem of Lord Tenshi. The two young women are there to join the many hundreds of other maidservants—men are barred from entering, with immediate beheading the price of trespassing. It soon becomes clear that behind the luxurious lifestyle and ritualized routines of the Ooku lie sinister schemes and cynical rivalries. Meanwhile, a mysterious wandering potion-peddler known only as the Medicine Seller subtly insinuates himself into the Ooku, just as an uncanny, otherworldly menace begins to reveal itself. (Source: Fantasia Film Festival)