Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
North American DVD cover art
Kanji映画犬夜叉 鏡の中の夢幻城
Literal meaningInuYasha the Movie: Phantom Castle in the Mirror
Revised HepburnEiga Inuyasha: Kagami no Naka no Mugenjō
Directed byToshiya Shinohara
Screenplay byKatsuyuki Sumisawa
Based onInuyasha
by Rumiko Takahashi
Produced by
  • Mikihiro Iwata
  • Michihiko Suwa
  • Masuo Ueda
Starring
CinematographyHirofumi Yagi
Edited byShigeyuki Yamamori
Music byKaoru Wada
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • December 21, 2002 (2002-12-21)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
BudgetUS$3.2 million[citation needed]
Box office$7,506,630[1]

Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass[a] is a 2002 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film based on Inuyasha manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. The film is directed by Toshiya Shinohara, written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa, and produced by Sunrise. It was released in Japan on December 21, 2002.

In the film, Inuyasha and his friends seemingly kill Naraku, and return to their normal lives, only to encounter a new enemy named Kaguya, a character based on the literary classic The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass is the second film of the Inuyasha series, following Affection Touching Across Time and followed up by Swords of an Honorable Ruler.

  1. ^ "InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass".


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