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A Letter To Momo

July 29, 2023 @ 3:00 PM 5:00 PM

$8

Part of the Hanabi Japanese Festival running Monday, July 24 through Monday, August 7. Full festival passes available.

The last time Momo saw her father they had a fight—and now all she has left to remember him by is an incomplete letter, a blank piece of paper penned with the words “Dear Momo,” but nothing more. Moving with her mother to the remote Japanese island of Shio, Momo soon discovers three yokai living in her attic, a trio of mischievous spirit creatures that only she can see and who create mayhem in the tiny seaside community as she tries desperately to keep them hidden. But these funny monsters have a serious side and may hold the key to helping Momo discover what her father had been trying to tell her.

From the creators of GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995), this hand-drawn animated feature took seven years to complete, from the painstakingly rendered serenity of the island’s Shinto shrines to the climactic finale featuring thousands of squirming, morphing ghosts and spirits. Lauded by critics as something both children and adults will fall in love with after seeing.

Presented in Japanese language with English subtitles.

  • Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
  • Year: 2011
  • Country: Japan
  • Runtime: 120 minutes