Kubo and the Two Strings

Plot

Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.

About Kubo and the Two Strings

Kubo and the Two Strings is a 2016 American epic stop-motion animated fantasy film directed by Travis Knight and written by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler. Produced by Laika, the film stars the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro, Rooney Mara, and Matthew McConaughey. Set in feudal Japan, the film revolves around Kubo (Parkinson), a young boy who wields a magical musical instrument and whose left eye was stolen during infancy. Accompanied by an anthropomorphic Japanese macaque charm (Theron) and a human/stag beetle hybrid (McConaughey), he must embark on a quest to defeat his mother's baleful twin sisters (Mara) and his ominous grandfather, the Moon King (Fiennes), who is responsible for stealing his left eye. Laika's production designer Shannon Tindle pitched the fantasy story based on samurai to Knight. By December 2014, Laika announced that Kubo and the Two Strings would be released in August 2016, with Knight to direct and produce the project, as well as the voice casting announcement. He was enthusiastic about the project, owing partly to his affinity towards both the "epic fantasy" genre as well as Japanese culture in general, despite the studio never having ventured into the genre before. The stop-motion animation was inspired by Japanese media such as ink wash painting, ukiyo-e woodblock printing…

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