Box of Goblins
Box of Goblins

Series·2008·1 Season

Box of Goblins

Country

JP

Language

Japanese

Episodes

14

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The Story

Original title: 魍魎の匣

Between August and October, 1952, a series of unusual crimes takes place in Musashino and Mitaka: the attempted murder of 14-year-old Kanako Yuzuki, Kanako's abduction from the strange research "hospital" where she was recovering, then abductions of other girls, followed by their severed limbs in custom-fitted boxes being placed in surrounding towns. News editor Morihiko Toriguchi and crime fiction writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi investigate with the help of onmyōji Akihiko Chūzenji.

Cinematography

Shinichi Igarashi

Music

Shusei Murai

Themes

buddhismdetectivebased on novel or bookjournalismkidnappingblackmailpolicesupernaturalmurderunrequited lovereligionpost war

Production House

Madhouse

Audience Score

64%

18 votes

Skip12%
Timepass29%
Go for it37%
Perfection22%

Where to watch

Region: JP

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// cast

Cast

Hiroaki Hirata

Hiroaki Hirata

Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice)

Takaaki Seki

Takaaki Seki

Kiba Shuutarou (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Reijiro Enokizu (voice)

// crew

Crew

Shusei Murai

Original Music Composer

Shinichi Igarashi

Director of Photography

Naoki Kawanishi

Editor

Satoshi Terauchi

Editor

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