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The Boy and the Beast (2015) on Netflix

PG-1320151h 59mActionAdventureAnimation

Nine-year-old Ren, newly orphaned and refusing his guardians, runs away into the streets of Shibuya. A lonely beast, Kumatetsu, offers to train him and leads him into the Beast Kingdom.

  • Netflix3.6/5
  • IMDb7.6/1030,371 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes88%

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Ren is nine when his mother dies, and with no word from his father he refuses to live with his legal guardians. He takes to the streets of Shibuya, stealing food and sleeping in an alley. In the Beast Kingdom, the grandmaster decides to retire and reincarnate as a deity, naming two possible successors: Iōzen, who is popular and the father of two children, and Kumatetsu, who is powerful but lonely and idle. The grandmaster tells Kumatetsu to find a disciple. Wandering Tokyo with his companion Tatara, Kumatetsu meets Ren and suggests the boy become his disciple. Ren follows him into the Beast Kingdom, discovers he cannot return to the human world, and watches Kumatetsu fight Iōzen. Kumatetsu takes him as a disciple and gives him a new name, Kyūta.

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