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Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 poster
Original title
劇場版 呪術廻戦 0
Directed by
Sunghoo Park
Genre
dark fantasy, Action, Supernatural
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 1,786 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young student named Yuta Okkotsu is haunted by a powerful cursed spirit, the ghost of his childhood friend Rika. He enrolls at Jujutsu High to learn sorcery and control her, battling other curses alongside fellow students. The film shows his struggle against dark forces and his own inner turmoil.

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What happens

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Japanese: 劇場版 呪術廻戦 0, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Jujutsu Kaisen Zero; 'Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie') is a 2021 Japanese animated dark fantasy film. It is based on the 2017 manga Jujutsu Kaisen 0, which is itself a prologue to the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen, both manga having been written by Gege Akutami. It was directed by Sunghoo Park from a screenplay by Hiroshi Seko, and stars Megumi Ogata, Kana Hanazawa, Mikako Komatsu, Kōki Uchiyama, Tomokazu Seki, Yuichi Nakamura, and Takahiro Sakurai. The film follows Yuta Okkotsu, a young student who becomes a sorcerer and seeks to control the Cursed Spirit of his childhood friend Rika Orimoto in Jujutsu High, alongside other skilled sorcerers in training. Originally intended as an arc of the animated television series Jujutsu Kaisen, studio MAPPA changed the format of it during discussion. The staff decided to expand the narrative from that of the original manga by adding new scenes focused on Yuta's mentor Satoru Gojo and the antagonist Suguru Geto. King Gnu performed the two theme songs. Given the large budget for the movie, MAPPA aimed to make more appealing fight sequences than the ones from the animated television series. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 was released in Japan on December 24, 2021, by Toho. Upon its release, the film received positive reviews for its accessible storytelling, animated fight sequences, and soundtrack. However, it received criticism for its short length, as some characters felt underdeveloped compared to the lead. It was the highest-grossing film at the Japanese box office in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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