Mononoke

7.9
200723m

The Medicine Seller is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called mononoke to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason in order to wield the mighty Exorcism Sword and fight against it. He must begin his strange exorcisms with intense psychological analysis and careful investigative work—an extremely dangerous step, as he must first confront and learn about the mononoke before he even has the means to defeat it.

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Seasons

12 Episodes • Premiered 2007

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1. Zaraki Warashi, Part 1

The Medicine Seller checks into the last room of a traditional inn, just as a pregnant woman named Shino desperately asks for shelter. She is given a secret room - a room possessed by a group of ghosts.

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2. Zaraki Warashi, Part 2

The Medicine Seller delves into the inn's past as he attempts to understand the ghost's motivations and history, before it can interfere with Shino.

Still image for Mononoke season 1 episode 3: Umibouzu, Opening Act

3. Umibouzu, Opening Act

The Medicine Seller takes a journey on a merchant's luxurious ship, but before long the craft is diverted into the Dragon's Triangle, an area of the sea infested with ghosts.

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4. Umibouzu, Second Act

The Medicine Seller tries to find out who diverted the ship and why, as the crew is terrorised by a ghost who forces them to reveal their deepest fears.

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5. Umibouzu, Finale

Genkei the monk explains what happened to him when he was younger as the Medicine Seller inspects the submerged craft thrown up by the seamonster.

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6. Nopperabou, Part 1

Trapped in jail, a woman named Ochou confesses to the murder of her husband and his family. The Medicine Seller has reason to doubt this and visits her, coming across a creature with thousands of faces.

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7. Nopperabou, Part 2

The Medicine Seller unmasks the masked creature while revealing the life of Ochou, the enslaved housewife.

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8. Nue, Part 1

Four men should have turned up to the house of Lady Ruri in a bid to win her hand in marriage. However, one of them has disappeared, so the Medicine Seller takes his place in the traditional incense competition taking place.

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9. Nue, Part 2

The Medicine Seller takes over the responsibility of refereeing the incense competition while prying into the real reason these three men have gathered here - the Toudaiji.

Still image for Mononoke season 1 episode 10: Bakeneko, Opening Act

10. Bakeneko, Opening Act

Skipping ahead a few centuries, the Medicine Seller boards a train filled with seemingly unrelated people, and before long find themselves trapped in limbo.

Still image for Mononoke season 1 episode 11: Bakeneko, Second Act

11. Bakeneko, Second Act

Unable to leave the train under threat of death, the passengers reveal what they know about an event that affected them all.

Still image for Mononoke season 1 episode 12: Bakeneko, Finale

12. Bakeneko, Finale

The Medicine Seller unravels the mystery and finds the truth behind the passenger's stories.

Cast

Photo of Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Medicine Seller (voice)

Photo of Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Sougen (voice)

Photo of Daisuke Sakaguchi

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Hyoue Sasaki (voice)

Photo of Eiji Takemoto

Eiji Takemoto

Kiyoshi Moriya (voice)

Photo of Aiko Hibi

Aiko Hibi

Zashiki Warashi (voice)

Photo of Fumiko Orikasa

Fumiko Orikasa

Setsuko Ichikawa (voice)

Photo of Hikaru Midorikawa

Hikaru Midorikawa

Man in Fox Mask (voice)

Photo of Hiroshi Iwasaki

Hiroshi Iwasaki

Jutarou Fukuda (voice)

Photo of Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

O-chou (voice)

Photo of Kozo Shioya

Kozo Shioya

Tokuji (voice)

Photo of Masashi Hirose

Masashi Hirose

Tansui Nakarai (voice)

Photo of Minoru Inaba

Minoru Inaba

Sakae Kadowaki (voice)

Photo of Rie Tanaka

Rie Tanaka

Shino (voice)

Photo of Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Genkei (voice)

Photo of Seiji Sasaki

Seiji Sasaki

Bunpei Kinoshita (voice)

Photo of Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Robou Oosawa (voice)

Photo of Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Genyousai Yanagi (voice)

Photo of Toshiko Fujita

Toshiko Fujita

Hisayo (voice)

Photo of Wakana Yamazaki

Wakana Yamazaki

Lady Ruri (voice)

Photo of Yasuhiro Takato

Yasuhiro Takato

Tamon Mikuniya (voice)

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