Movies and TvShows featuring "animal-spirit" theme.

The Chou Sei Shin Series (Ultra Star God Series) is a trilogy of tokusatsu shows aired from 2003-2006. Created by Toho (who famously produced the Godzilla movies) and Konami, it was their attempt to break into the Henshin Hero market that was — at the time — dominated by Toei and their two major franchises, Super Sentai and Kamen Rider, with Tsuburaya's Ultra Series for good measure. The shows revolve around the title Ultra Star Gods: Humongous Mecha that are used by the protagonists to protect the Earth from an extraterrestrial threat.

Kanokon is a TV show about a high school boy named Kouta who encounters Chizuru, a fox spirit who is infatuated with him. The series revolves around their chaotic and comedic interactions as Chizuru tries to seduce Kouta while dealing with other supernatural beings in their school.

Closet Monster is a coming-of-age drama that follows Oscar, a gay teenager from Newfoundland who is struggling to come to terms with his identity. He finds solace in his special-effects makeup artistry and his pet hamster, Buffy. As Oscar navigates the challenges of his small town and his dysfunctional family, he dreams of escaping to New York and finding acceptance and love.

Chu Zhi He who's a goodie two shoes and Wang Da Shu who has a personality that is rigid and sturdy like a tree learn to grow together as they fall in love. Like the show's namesake, animal behavior is quite representative of human nature. Take the giraffe and the squirrel for example, they are a metaphor for two very different people who find a way to coexist.

Inugami (2001) tells the story of a woman who finds herself trapped in a cursed town, where she must face her own family's dark secrets and the wrath of an ancient animal spirit. As she navigates through a twisted web of incestuous relationships, violence, and surrealism, she discovers the true power of love and the lengths she is willing to go to break free from the curse.

In 'Shadow of the Hawk,' a businessman and a Native American chief must work together to stop an evil sorceress from unleashing dark forces. They embark on an adventure filled with magic, voodoo, and animal spirits. As they confront the sorceress and her minions, they face danger across treacherous rope bridges, mystical caves, and a spirit world. With the help of a hawk and other animal allies, they aim to save the day and protect their community.

Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit snuck off to the mortal realm to go around the village during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Wang Sheng, a Ming-Dynasty scholar who just failed the Imperial Examination, works together with his fellow villagers through many strange but fantastic approaches to change his hometown’s backwardness and his own fate. He accidentally meets with a Fox Spirit and involves himself in a series of weird adventures, both physically and emotionally, only to completely change his own life.

For love to travel for thousands of years, they will eventually meet.

A wife and a concubine seek freedom. In a game of seduction, together they join forces to defeat their oppressors.

This story is based on an ancient northern legend according to which the souls of the drowned people turn into sea animals. The Hunter steals a seal-girl’s skin, so she can’t turn back into an animal. She becomes his wife, but often she glances at the sea.

A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his fortune, the magical tanuki is determined to protect its rescuer.

A gripping, hour-long documentary film by Sweetgrass Productions that tells a true story of the decades-long battle over the future of British Columbia’s iconic Jumbo Valley—highlighting the tension between protection of the backcountry experience and ever-increasing development interests in the wilderness. A large-scale proposed ski resort threatens the rich wilderness of British Columbia’s Purcell Range—a revered backcountry ski and snowboarding destination with world-class terrain, sacred ground for local First Nations people, and part of one of North America’s most important grizzly bear corridors. Set against a backdrop of incredible backcountry ski and snowboard footage, Jumbo Wild documents all sides of a divisive issue bringing the passionate local fight to protect the Jumbo Valley to life for the first time.

Horror pinku from 1967.

A woman wakes up on a mysterious shore.