King of Thorn
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66% Critic Match

King of Thorn

6.6 / 10 2010 1h 49mNR Japanese
FantasyAnimationScience Fiction

Storyline

A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.

Cast & Crew

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Kasumi Ishiki (voice)

Lead
Kohsei Hirota

Kohsei Hirota

Alexandro Pecchino (voice)

Misaki Kuno

Misaki Kuno

Alice (voice)

Tsutomu Isobe

Tsutomu Isobe

Ivan Coral Vega (voice)

Sayaka Ohara

Sayaka Ohara

Katherine Turner (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Laura Owen (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Marco Owen (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Peter Stevens (voice)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kazuyoshi Katayama's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. King of Thorn is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker