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MOVIE · 2012

Wolf Children

AnimationAnimeDramaFamilyFantasy117 min

After the sudden death of the werewolf she loved, Hana is left to raise two young children who can shift between human and wolf. Aoi Miyazaki is Hana, a young mother trying to keep Ame and Yuki safe first in the city, then in a rundown house in the Japanese countryside. Takao Ohsawa is the elusive man whose secret shapes the family she has to protect. As the siblings grow, their different instincts begin to surface, and keeping their nature hidden becomes part of ordinary life.

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