Mamoru Hosoda's lost 11-minute fever dream on a literal ghost train. Buckle up, weirdos.
A 3D movie originally screened in Hanayashiki and some other amusement parks
Direction
Hosoda's embryonic visual language—every frame screams future Summer Wars.
Production
1999 3D CGI that aged like milk left in a haunted sun.
Director
Mamoru Hosoda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This screened exclusively at Hanayashiki, Japan's oldest amusement park, making it arguably the most obscure entry in Hosoda's entire filmography.
Spooky Kitaro is a foundational yokai franchise—imagine if Scooby-Doo had been running continuously since 1968 with the same cultural weight as Godzilla.
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