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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Name: Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama
Cast: Haruka Ayase, Masahiro Higashide, Fumino Kimura, Kento Hayashi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi

精霊の守り人

2016–2018 · 3 seasons, 22 episodes · 55m episodes · Action & Adventure, Drama · NHK G, NHK · Japan

The heroine Balsa is a skilled bodyguard and a masterful spear-wielder. One day she rescues Prince Chagum who has fallen into a river. The prince is carrying a mysterious spirit egg in his body, and is in danger of being assassinated by his father, the Mikado, who fears this will damage his imperial prestige. Balsa embarks upon a perilous journey when she accepts the queen’s plead to protect her son from her husband.

Based on the novel by

Nahoko Uehashi

Starring

Haruka Ayase, Masahiro Higashide, Fumino Kimura, Kento Hayashi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Reiko Takashima

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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit2007 · Creator Nahoko Uehashi, Writer Nahoko Uehashi Mistress2019 · Director Hiroshi Kataoka