King of Thorn (movie)
Alternative title:
Ibara no Ō (Japanese)
いばらの王 (Japanese)
Plot Summary:
Medusa Virus, a sickness that turns it's victims to stone, begins to ravage the people of Earth. In a desperate attempt to save humanity's future, a select group are chosen for the only cure: cryogenic sleep for many years into the future. The groups are chosen and put to sleep, only to wake-up early to a nightmare: freakish creatures are destroying the cryo facility that the chosen survivors have awoken in. Without knowing what these creatures are, why they are being attacked, or even the condition of mankind, the remnants of civilization must band together and fight these monsters in order to survive and escape the Cryogenics facility in an attempt to discover what exactly has happened to the Earth since they entered their exclusive slumber.
Running time:
120 minutes
Vintage:
2009-10-09
Premiere date:
2009-10-09 (Sitges International Film Festival)
2010-01-29 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2010-04-11 (Belgium - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)
2010-05-01 (Japan)
2010-07-24 (Canada, Fantasia Film Festival)
2010-09-02 (Australia, Reel Anime)
2010-09-12 (New Zealand)
Official website:
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Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama Original creator: Yuji Iwahara Character Design: Hidenori Matsubara Chief Animation Director: Naoyuki Onda Monster Design: Kenji Andou | Kana Hanazawa as Akiko Yajima as Ayako Kawasumi as Eri Sendai as Kenji Nomura as Kousei Hirota as Misaki Kuno as Sayaka Ohara as Shinichiro Miki as Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tsutomu Isobe as Yoshinori Fujita as | |||||||
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