Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek

Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek

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Release Date

9/1/2004

Runtime

25 mins

Overview

Among the ruins of the city, there is a game only children can play. It is called “Otokoyo”; a game of hide-and-seek. But whenever children play this game, one by one they would disappear into the blinds of the buildings… The story begins when a boy enters the world of Otokoyo, to find his missing sister.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A haunting animated descent into a nightmare world where children vanish during a sinister game of hide-and-seek. The atmosphere grows increasingly suffocating as you descend deeper into the ruins with no guarantee of escape.

Mood

UnsettlingDread-soakedMelancholicClaustrophobic

Themes

IsolationFamilyMortalityComing apart

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrastDesaturated

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Child endangerment

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