
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
1955. Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, comes to Yagura Village in search of his missing wife. The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business circles behind the scenes. Mizuki, who works at a blood bank, visits the village with a secret mission to mourn the death of the head of his family, and meets Kitaro's father. While an ugly fight unfolds over the succession of the head of the family, a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying chain of events.
Top Billed Cast

Miyuki Sawashiro
Kitarou (voice)

Masako Nozawa
Medama-Oyaji (voice)

Toshihiko Seki
Kitarou's Father (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi
Mizuki (voice)

Umeka Shouji
Neko-Musume (voice)
Featured Crew
Kazutaka Sugiyama
Key Animation
Mai Ichioka
Art Direction
Tomoyuki Ishiyama
Director of Photography

Kenji Kawai
Original Music Composer
Sayoko Yokoyama
Color Designer
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Screenplay

Toko Yatabe
Character Designer

Gou Koga
Director

Shigeru Mizuki
Original Story
Hisashi Mori
Key Animation
Tatsuya Miki
Key Animation
Akira Hamaguchi
Key Animation