Netflix has officially announced that it will stream “Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain”! No timeframe has been announced for the Netflix release.
ICYMI: “The Phantom in the Rain” was previously revealed to be the first film in a trilogy and chapter 2 is scheduled for March 14 in Japan.
Trailer:
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Asa and Kame strike up an immediate friendship when they arrive at the same time for their first day of duty at the Ooku, the splendid pleasure palace housing the harem of Lord Tenshi. The two young women are there to join the many hundreds of other maidservantsβmen are barred from entering, with immediate beheading the price of trespassing. It soon becomes clear that behind the luxurious lifestyle and ritualized routines of the Ooku lie sinister schemes and cynical rivalries. Meanwhile, a mysterious wandering potion-peddler known only as the Medicine Seller subtly insinuates himself into the Ooku, just as an uncanny, otherworldly menace begins to reveal itself.
