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Review | Scarlet: Mamoru Hosoda’s Hamlet-Inspired Anime Set to Divide Viewers

Fans of Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda’s earlier works are likely to appreciate this animated fable, but others may find it a bit of a trial.

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Despite a somewhat anticipated narrative issue, Hosoda continues to trace her path, and assert as one of the most exciting authors of modern animation

The Japanese Mamoru Hosoda takes his entire career creating incredibly imaginative and stylized anime fantasies – movies like ‘Summer Wars’ (2009), ‘The Child and the Beast’ (2016) and ‘Belle’ among them – in order to explore family dynamics and portray with amazing beauty the traumatic process of getting older. Also featured out of competition at the Venetian contest, his new feature film fulfills that double mission by reinventing one of the g…

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IndieWire broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, September 4, 2025.
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