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“ONI: Thunder God’s Tale” Scrip

“Every Japanese folklore story has a bad guy or a villain Oni, which I grew up with. …But then there was a very interesting historical theory that I read a little while ago that Oni might have been a description of people who look different from the Japanese locals back in the day, like foreigners who lived in Japan or indigenous people who looked very different from local Japanese villagers. I thought that was so interesting, that people who look different become scary to other people and people who you don’t understand become bad monsters.”

“That simple sort of human nature, I felt, is very current to what’s happening today with the world we live in. And I felt like the story must be told.”

– Dice Tsutsumi

ABOUT – ONI: Thunder God’s Tale In a world filled with Japanese mythological oddball gods and monsters, one of the creatures’ free-spirited daughters, Onari, is determined to follow in the footsteps of the mighty heroes of lore, but her unique powers are yet to be revealed. Does she have what it takes to fight to protect her peaceful village from the encroaching threat of the gods’ mysterious enemies, the “Oni”?

Streaming now on Netflix!
https://www.netflix.com/title/81028343

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