17 minutes. One boy. One beast. Your jaw will stay dropped.
A gift from the gods of the mountains. Deep in the northern mountains, there are people who have been living with the blessings of the mountains. A boy, who is coming of age, journeys into the mountains for his first hunt. He must find the "Kuroshishi." The mountain is a world where life and death are divided by a paper-thin line. Sometimes, nature will show its fangs...
Direction
Oshiyama's creature design will haunt your dreams permanently.
Sound
The beast's roar deserves its own Oscar category.
Director
Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kiyotaka Oshiyama storyboarded this solo while working on Devilman Crybaby, and you can feel the shared DNA in the unflinching body horror.
The 'Kuroshishi' draws from Japanese matagi hunting folklore, where killing the sacred bear was both spiritual communion and necessary violence—the film twists this into something far more ambiguous.
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