88 minutes
12/8/2000
The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these demons, accepts a mission to travel to Mt. Fuji and defeat the evil spirits. Accompanying her on her journey are two veteran warriors who served her father, and Tarō, a young kappa, or river spirit, whom she has adopted as her little brother. Along the way, the two warriors have doubts about Tarō’s loyalties, and the young kappa himself must decide if he will stand with his own species or with the humans who have cared for him.
Nozomi Ando
as Sakuya
Kyūsaku Shimada
as Syuzo
Keiko Matsuzaka
as Queen of ground spider
Moeko Ezawa
as Old woman
Hiroshi Fujioka
as Sakuya's dad
Hidehiko Ishikura
as Zennosuke Tachibana
Tamami Kaneko
Yuki Kuroda
as Shigeyuki
Keiichiro Sakagi
as Kihei
Naoto Takenaka
as Narrator
Tetsuro Tamba
as Old Master
Shinya Tsukamoto
as Wizard
Shuichi Yamauchi
as Taro Sakaki
Keiko Yoshida
as Hana