[Blu-ray] "Mononoke: The Movie, Chapter 3: The Snake God" Blu-ray

©Twin Engine

■ Running Time: Main Feature 87 min. + Bonus Footage
■ Specifications: 1-disc set (Main Feature + Bonus) / Single-sided, dual-layer / Color / MPEG-4 AVC / 16:9 Cinemascope aspect ratio <1080p High-Definition>
■Audio: ① Japanese Linear PCM 2.0ch Stereo　② Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1ch
Surround■Subtitles: ① Japanese subtitles　② English subtitles
Special foil-stamped three-sided case

≪Bonus Features≫ [
Bonus Footage] *Common to both Blu-ray and DVD* • [Mononoke the Movie
] “The Paper Umbrella” and “The Fire Rat” Revival Screenings & “The Snake God” Special Footage Screening – Stage Greetings
• “Mononoke the Movie: Chapter 3 – The Snake God” Release Commemorative Stage Greetings (Pre-screening)
•Exclusive Theatrical Voice Message for “The Medicine Seller”
· “The Medicine Seller” Sales Pitch Voice
· Promotional Video Collection


—First Trailer—Second Trailer—Last-Minute Trailer
—Special Trailer -The Flash Scroll-—
Special Trailer -The Mystery Scroll-

[Included Bonus Items] *Common to both Blu-ray and DVD*: Special Booklet
(Script: Three original epilogues for each chapter written by Shin Hachikaku)
・Washi-style tack
stickers ・Animation character designs ・Visual card featuring an original illustration by Chief Animation Director Yuichi Takahashi *Please note that contents
and specifications are subject to change without notice.


[Synopsis] After two major incidents involving supernatural beings—a deadly battle between the medicine peddler (Hiroshi Kamiya), wielding the
Exorcist’s Sword, and the Tang Umbrella, followed by the decisive showdown with the Fire Rat—peace finally seemed to have returned to the Ooku.However, the medicine seller sensed the lingering presence of “something” that had not yet vanished and remained on high alert.Just then, Odaikokoro Sachiko (Atsumi Tanazaki)—the principal consort of the Emperor (Jiyu Irino), who rules the realm—gives birth to a long-awaited son. Yet her joy is short-lived; despite the hopes and prayers of those around her, the child dies.Sachiko, who had hoped to transform her purely nominal marriage to the Emperor by bearing an
heir, finds herself, in the depths of despair, drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that threatens to overturn the very foundations of the Ooku. The bitter regret over her irreparable sacrifice—which seemed to go completely unrewarded—and her anger, with nowhere to turn, gradually begin to morph into a vengeful spirit—.Hokuto Mizo (Kenjiro Tsuda), the priest of the “Mizusama” faith within the Ooku, watched the unfolding events with a solemn expression.At the same time, unnatural tremors (earthquakes) began occurring frequently within the Ooku. Accompanied by eerie, writhing movements—as if a gigantic creature were crawling—and triangular scales falling from somewhere, a series of bizarre incidents began: maids were twisted and crushed, then strangled to death.What appeared before the medicine peddler who had rushed to the scene was a mononoke—the Snake God—in the form of a giant serpent. After a standoff, he managed to temporarily repel it with a talisman, but unless he uncovers the three aspects of “Form, Truth, and Reality,” the “Sword of Exorcism” cannot be drawn, and he cannot slay the Snake God.Where did this Snake God originate? Why did it come to harbor such rage that it would devour the Ooku? And why has it now reared its head and begun to move? The root of it all lies 150 years in the past, hidden within the true story of the Ooku’s creation.

Long ago, the Ooku was created by Yukana, the wet nurse of the Third Emperor. It is said that thanks to its system, an era of peace has endured, and she is now revered as “Mizusama”… but…Sensing an ominous presence, a medicine peddler makes his way to the shrine at the center of the altar and uncovers a shocking truth—one that has never been spoken of before—that will shake the entire realm!The feud between the third Empress (Miyuki Sawashiro) and Yukana, the secrets of the Muroki family—and even the background behind the successive appearances of mononoke in the Ooku are exposed, as all the threads converge into a single line. The medicine seller stakes everything to confront the mononoke, which embody the very dark history of the Ooku.However, faced with a serpent god who has channeled years of grudge into his own power and possesses unimaginable strength, he is driven into an unprecedented predicament… As death closes in, a series of unpredictable, extraordinary events piles up! What will become of the medicine seller as he faces his greatest crisis?— [Cast
]
Hiroshi Kamiya
, Atsumi Tanezaki, Miyu Irino
, Kenjiro Tsuda, Ryoko Sakakibara, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Yoko Hikasa,
Haruka Tomatsu, Yuki Kaji, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Hosomi, Cho, Ryo Horikawa, Yuka, Hira
Fumi, Mariko Honda, Eiji Takemoto, Miyuki Sawashiro                    

[Staff
] Chief Director: Kenji Nakamura; Director
: Tomoaki Koshida;
Screenplay: Hachikaku
; Character Design: Kitsune Nagata; Animation
Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Yuichi
Takahashi; Art Setting:Yoichi Kamitono; Art Directors
: Akira Kuramoto, Yoko Saito; Art
Supervisor: Takashi Kurahashi; Color
Design: Kunio Tsujita; Visual Director
: Yoichi Izumii; 3D
Director: Kenichi Shirai; Editor
: Shigeru Nishiyama; Sound
Director: Yukio Nagasaki;
Music:Taku Iwasaki
Producers: Kimiaki Sato, Koichi Naruse, Haruka Kato, Nanako Uematsu
Planning & Production: Koji Yamamoto
Production & Distribution: Twin Engine
Production: Studio Kafka, EOTA
Theme Song: “No Epilogue”
by Aina the End(avex trax)                                            

■Distributor: VAP