Dororo (2019)

Dororo parents guide

What we could confirm fits a TV-MA: brutal violence and mild language.

Scare

Mildly scary

A few tense or eerie moments.

Jump scares

A couple

One or two sudden jolts.

Gore

Graphic gore

Blood and wounds shown clearly.

Violence

Brutal violence

Our top level for violence.

Sex and nudity

None flagged

It is rated TV-MA, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.

Language

Mild

Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Dororo scary?

Only a little. Dororo has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

How gory is Dororo?

Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.

What is Dororo rated, and is it OK for kids?

It is a TV-MA, with brutal violence and graphic gore. Keep it for adults.

What is Dororo about?

During the Warring States period, the young thief Dororo encounters Hyakkimaru, a strange, sightless boy who wields fearsome prosthetics in place of his missing limbs. Parts of Hyakkimaru’s body were traded to a group of 12 demons by his father in exchange for power, but thanks to a kindly medicine man, Hyakkimaru survived his horrifying ordeal. Now he roams the land in search of his missing body, and together he and Dororo will fight to survive in an unforgiving, demon-plagued world.

Cast and crew

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Dororo is on our 2010s, Prime Video, Action on Prime Video, Animation on Prime Video and Anime on Prime Video lists.

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• “a fun halloween movie, not too scary”
• “a movie that will make me cry”
• “funny but not stupid, under two hours”

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