King of Thorn
2009 · Movie · 109 min · ★ 6.6 · 61% critics
A mysterious virus spreads across Japan, turning victims into stone. With no immediate cure, the government preserves select patients for future treatment, including one woman who awakens into chaotic danger and monstrous threats.
Based on King of Thorn
Also known as Ibara no Ou
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Details
- Original title
- いばらの王 -King of Thorn-
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2010-05-01
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (168 votes)
About
If you want a dark, high-stakes sci-fi horror story with an apocalyptic feel, you’ll likely enjoy King of Thorn; Not for you if you prefer lighter, feel-good plots or gentler creature features like Harmony or Resident Evil: Degeneration.
Pros: tense survival premise; eerie stone horror; imaginative monsters | Cons: bleak atmosphere; slow start; limited character focus
Themes
- mind control
- cryogenics
- end of the world
- based on manga
- religious fundamentalism
- super power
- virus
- anime
- psychological
- horror
Cast & crew
Kana Hanazawa
as Kasumi Ishiki (voice)
Kohsei Hirota
as Alexandro Pecchino (voice)
Misaki Kuno
as Alice (voice)
Tsutomu Isobe
as Ivan Coral Vega (voice)
Sayaka Ohara
as Katherine Turner (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
as Laura Owen (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
as Marco Owen (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
as Peter Stevens (voice)
Eri Sendai
as Shizuku Ishiki (voice)
Akiko Yajima
as Timothy Laisenbach (voice)
Directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama