Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain 2024

Movie · 89 min · Japanese · July 26, 2024

Directed by Kenji NakamuraWritten by Kenji Nakamura, Kōji Yamamoto

Starring Hiroshi Kamiya, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Aoi Yūki, Mami Koyama, Kana Hanazawa

Phantom in the Rain is a 2024 Japanese animated supernatural psychological horror film. It was written and directed by Kenji Nakamura, with Kōji Yamamoto serving as co-writer. The movie adapts the Mononoke anime television series from 2007, which originated as a spin-off of Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales anthology series in 2006. Both were created by Toei Animation. Produced by EOTA, and co-distributed by Giggly Box and Twin Engine, this film is the first installment in the Mononoke trilogy. Voice actors include Hiroshi Kamiya as the Medicine Seller, alongside Tomoyo Kurosawa, Aoi Yūki, Mami Koyama, Kana Hanazawa, Haruka Tomatsu, Yoko Hikasa, Yūko Kaida, Yukana, Yuki Kaji, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Hosomi, Miyu Irino, and Kenjiro Tsuda. The film premiered in Japan on July 26, 2024. Netflix secured global streaming rights, releasing it worldwide on November 28, 2024. Its sequel, Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage, came out in Japan on March 14, 2025, followed by Mononoke the Movie: The Curse of the Serpent on May 29, 2026.