Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek

Synopsis

Kakurenbo: Hide& Seek is a Japanese cel-shaded anime short film written and directed by Shuhei Morita. The film entails a game of "Otokoyo", a version of hide and seek played by children, wearing fox masks, near the ruins of an abandoned old Kowloon-inspired city. The children who play this disappear, believed to be spirited away by demons. Kakurenbo follows Hikora, a boy who joins the game with hopes of finding his missing sister, Sorincha.

Released

2004

Runtime

24 minutes

Genres

animation, fantasy