The Boy and the Beast
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The Boy and the Beast is a 2015 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Mamoru Hosoda that follows a lonely boy who becomes the apprentice of a warrior beast in a parallel world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Boy and the Beast canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9994987 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Boy and the Beast Context triple: [Tadanobu Asano, notableWork, The Boy and the Beast]
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A.
The Dream of a Beast
The Dream of a Beast is a surreal, psychologically rich novel by Irish writer and filmmaker Neil Jordan that blends dreamlike fantasy with themes of identity and transformation.
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B.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 2022 animated adventure film from Netflix about a young girl who stows away on a legendary sea monster hunter’s ship, featuring Karl Urban as the voice of the famed hunter Jacob Holland.
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C.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 1926 silent adventure film loosely based on Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick," notable for starring John Barrymore in one of his most famous early screen roles.
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D.
The Beast
The Beast was the fearsome nickname of Jimmie Foxx, a legendary power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger of the early 20th century.
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E.
The Beast
The Beast is a song by Bill Callahan featured on his album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Boy and the Beast Target entity description: The Boy and the Beast is a 2015 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Mamoru Hosoda that follows a lonely boy who becomes the apprentice of a warrior beast in a parallel world.
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A.
The Dream of a Beast
The Dream of a Beast is a surreal, psychologically rich novel by Irish writer and filmmaker Neil Jordan that blends dreamlike fantasy with themes of identity and transformation.
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B.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 2022 animated adventure film from Netflix about a young girl who stows away on a legendary sea monster hunter’s ship, featuring Karl Urban as the voice of the famed hunter Jacob Holland.
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C.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 1926 silent adventure film loosely based on Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick," notable for starring John Barrymore in one of his most famous early screen roles.
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D.
The Beast
The Beast was the fearsome nickname of Jimmie Foxx, a legendary power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger of the early 20th century.
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E.
The Beast
The Beast is a song by Bill Callahan featured on his album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese animated fantasy film
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feature film ⓘ |
| animationStudio | Studio Chizu ⓘ |
| artDirector |
Hiroshi Ohno
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Takashi Omori NERFINISHED ⓘ Yohei Takamatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterDesigner | Takahiro Yoshimatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Atsushi Okui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Mamoru Hosoda ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho ⓘ |
| editedBy | Shigeru Nishiyama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | a lonely boy who becomes the apprentice of a warrior beast in a parallel world ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
coming-of-age film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ |
| hasEnglishDubCastMember |
Eric Vale
ⓘ
John Swasey ⓘ Luci Christian ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseCastMember |
Aoi Miyazaki
ⓘ
Haru Kuroki NERFINISHED ⓘ Koji Yakusho ⓘ
linked to:
Kōji Yakusho
Mamoru Miyano ⓘ Shota Sometani NERFINISHED ⓘ Suzu Hirose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hyakushubo
ⓘ
Kaede ⓘ Kumatetsu ⓘ Kyuta ⓘ Ren ⓘ Tatara ⓘ |
| musicBy | Masakatsu Takagi ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| producer |
Daisuke Kadoya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seiji Okuda ⓘ Takuya Ito ⓘ Yuichiro Saito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 119 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Mamoru Hosoda ⓘ |
| setting |
Jutengai
ⓘ
Shibuya ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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family ⓘ identity ⓘ mentor–student relationship ⓘ |
| worldPremiereLocation | Japan ⓘ |
| writer | Mamoru Hosoda ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Boy and the Beast Description of subject: The Boy and the Beast is a 2015 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Mamoru Hosoda that follows a lonely boy who becomes the apprentice of a warrior beast in a parallel world.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.