
Hotarubi no Mori e
Directed by Takahiro Omori
Produced by Brain's Base
A tender, melancholic supernatural romance about two souls bound by an impossible love across the boundary between the human and spirit worlds.
One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...
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Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.
Questions people ask
Is Hotarubi no Mori e sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is Hotarubi no Mori e easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.
Is Hotarubi no Mori e violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.
Is Hotarubi no Mori e scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Does Hotarubi no Mori e end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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There is almost nothing else like this.
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