Contemporary Anime Auteurs

Wolf Children

Ôkami kodomo no Ame to Yuki

Mamoru Hosoda's tale of a woman bringing up her wolf children away from the city is a lyrical, beguiling treat.

  • Director

    Mamoru Hosoda

  • With the voices of

    Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki

  • Japan 2012. 117min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    PG

  • English subtitles

Hana, a student at Tokyo University, is intrigued by a mysterious man who sits in on her lectures. Before long, they fall in love and she discovers that he has the blood of both man and wolf, and as wolves have been extinct in Japan for many years he’s the last of his kind. When they bring two children into the world they must decide how best to protect them from outside prejudice. Hosoda’s beguiling, lyrical anime is irresistibly touching and relevant without becoming a genre piece.