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| music = [[Yoshikazu Suo]]
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{{nihongo|'''''Battle League Horumo'''''|鴨川ホルモー|Kamogawa Horumō}} is a [[Japan]]ese fantasy-action-comedy film directed by [[Katsuhide Motoki]].
{{nihongo|'''''Battle League Horumo'''''|鴨川ホルモー|Kamogawa Horumō}} is a Japanese fantasy-action-comedy film directed by [[Katsuhide Motoki]].


==Story==
==Story==
A group of [[Kyoto University]] students known as the “Kyoto University [[Azure Dragon]]s”, participate in a game called "Horumo". It is an ancient game in which players control [[shikigami]] called “[[oni]]” and pit them against the oni of rival teams, reminiscent of [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]. Akira Abe is a freshman student who falls in love with a classmate named Kyoko, and blindly joins the club and plays the game to be closer to her. Ironically, Kyoko is interested in another club member, while Akira gains the attention of Fumi. The mysterious game started over 1,200 years ago in the [[Heian Period]]. Soon the 2,000 oni wage wars battles in the city of [[Kyoto]].<ref>http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/kamogawa-horumo-battle-league-in-kyoto-promises-massive-spirit-battles</ref><ref>http://www.nipponcinema.com/news/subtitled_tease_for_katsuhide_motokis_kamogawa_horumo</ref>
A group of [[Kyoto University]] students known as the “Kyoto University [[Azure Dragon]]s”, participate in a game called "Horumo". It is an ancient game in which players control [[shikigami]] called “oni” and pit them against the oni of rival teams, reminiscent of [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]. Akira Abe is a freshman student who falls in love with a classmate named Kyoko, and blindly joins the club and plays the game to be closer to her. Ironically, Kyoko is interested in another club member, while Akira gains the attention of Fumi. The mysterious game started over 1,200 years ago in the [[Heian Period]]. Soon the 2,000 oni wage wars battles in the city of [[Kyoto]].<ref>http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/kamogawa-horumo-battle-league-in-kyoto-promises-massive-spirit-battles {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nipponcinema.com/news/subtitled_tease_for_katsuhide_motokis_kamogawa_horumo |title=Subtitled tease for Katsuhide Motoki's 'Kamogawa Horumo' - Nippon Cinema |website=www.nipponcinema.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210071504/http://www.nipponcinema.com/news/subtitled_tease_for_katsuhide_motokis_kamogawa_horumo/ |archive-date=2008-12-10}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Takayuki Yamada]] ... Akira Abe
*[[Takayuki Yamada]] ... Akira Abe
*[[Chiaki Kuriyama]] ... Fumi Kusunoki
*[[Chiaki Kuriyama]] ... Fumi Kusunoki
*[[Gaku Hamada]] ... Koichi Takamura
*[[Gaku Hamada]] ... Koichi Takamura
*[[Sei Ashina]] ... Kyoko Sawara
*[[Sei Ashina]] ... Kyoko Sawara
*[[Takuya Ishida]] ... Mitsuru Ashiya
*[[Takuya Ishida]] ... Mitsuru Ashiya
*[[YosiYosi Arakawa]] ... Makoto Sugawara
*[[Yoshiyoshi Arakawa]] ... Makoto Sugawara
*[[Tamiyasu Cho]] ... Akahito Kakimoto
*[[Tamiyasu Cho]] ... Akahito Kakimoto
*[[Renji Ishibashi]] ... Berobero Bartender
*[[Renji Ishibashi]] ... Berobero Bartender
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*[[Megumi Sato (actress)|Megumi Sato]] ... Mika Tachibana
*[[Megumi Sato (actress)|Megumi Sato]] ... Mika Tachibana
*[[Masato Wada]] ... Hitoshi Kiyomori
*[[Masato Wada]] ... Hitoshi Kiyomori
*[[:jp:斉藤慶太|Keita Saito]] ... Miyoshi Younger Brother
*[[:jp:斉藤祥太|Shota Saito]] ... Miyoshi Older Brother


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.horumo.jp/index.html Official website]
*{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.horumo.jp/index.html Official website]
* [http://japanreviewed.com/2010/03/23/battle-league-horumo/ Japan Reviewed - Battle League Horumo]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100405060914/http://japanreviewed.com/2010/03/23/battle-league-horumo/ Japan Reviewed - Battle League Horumo]


{{Katsuhide Motoki}}
{{Katsuhide Motoki}}


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[[ja:鴨川ホルモー]]
[[zh:鴨川荷爾摩]]

Latest revision as of 15:48, 12 January 2023

Kamogawa Horumō
Directed byKatsuhide Motoki
Written byMaruo Kyozuka (screenplay)
Manabu Makime (novel)
StarringTakayuki Yamada
Chiaki Kuriyama
CinematographyShoji Ehara
Edited byIsao Kawase
Music byYoshikazu Suo
Distributed byViz Pictures (USA)
Release date
  • April 18, 2009 (2009-04-18)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Battle League Horumo (鴨川ホルモー, Kamogawa Horumō) is a Japanese fantasy-action-comedy film directed by Katsuhide Motoki.

Story

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A group of Kyoto University students known as the “Kyoto University Azure Dragons”, participate in a game called "Horumo". It is an ancient game in which players control shikigami called “oni” and pit them against the oni of rival teams, reminiscent of Pokémon. Akira Abe is a freshman student who falls in love with a classmate named Kyoko, and blindly joins the club and plays the game to be closer to her. Ironically, Kyoko is interested in another club member, while Akira gains the attention of Fumi. The mysterious game started over 1,200 years ago in the Heian Period. Soon the 2,000 oni wage wars battles in the city of Kyoto.[1][2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/kamogawa-horumo-battle-league-in-kyoto-promises-massive-spirit-battles [dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Subtitled tease for Katsuhide Motoki's 'Kamogawa Horumo' - Nippon Cinema". www.nipponcinema.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10.
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