Belle Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Dec. 4, 2022

Belle

Release Date: Friday, January 14, 2022 Limited Wednesday, January 12, 2022 Limited

Hunter Schafer, Chace Crawford, Mamoru Hosoda, Manny Jacinto, Kylie McNeill, David Chen, Paul Castro Jr.

A fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media.

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A fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media.

Plot

What's the story about?

Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Suzu embarks on an emotional and epic quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious “beast” and to discover her true self in a world where you can be anyone.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Belle.

Chace Crawford
... Justin (voice)

Inheritance, Reunion
M
Manny Jacinto
... Shinobu (voice)

Freakier Friday, I Want You Back
K
Kylie McNeill
... Suzu/Belle (voice)
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Hunter Schafer
... Ruka (voice)

Cuckoo, Kinds of Kindness
P
Paul Castro Jr.
... Dragon (voice)
D
David Chen
... Gogo Doggo (voice)

Crew Behind the Film

The Belle behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Mamoru Hosoda last directed Mirai and The Boy And The Beast. The film's writer Mamoru Hosoda last wrote Mirai and The Boy And The Beast.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Screenwriter: Mamoru Hosoda

Studio: GKIDS
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English<br /> Japanese

All Trailers

Official Belle movie trailers and clips.

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Production Details

What we know about the Belle movie production.

Key Facts

The film has also played in competition at the London Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, and Los Angeles’ Animation is Film festival, where the film was awarded the Special Jury Prize. GKIDS will qualify the film for 2021 awards consideration and release it theatrically in both its original Japanese language and a new English dubbed version (11/21/2021).
Belle has crossed 6.52 billion yen (approx. 59.2 million USD) in box office to date, and has become Hosoda’s highest-grossing film ever, beating the lifetime gross of Boy and the Beast (11/21/2021).
Belle is an original story written and helmed by celebrated director Mamoru Hosoda, whose previous films include Mirai, The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and others.

Production Updates

Nov 2021

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Belle was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, January 14, 2022. There were 15 other movies released on the same date, including Scream, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania and Shattered. As a limited release, Belle was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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