The film has since received accolades prior to its acquisition by Netflix, with an Official Selection by the Cannes Film Festival for this year’s edition.
Fukamachi enters a world of obsessive mountaineers hungry for impossible conquests on a journey that leads him, step by step, towards the summit of the gods.
After first being announced in production by Julianne Films, Walking The Dog and Melusine Productions in 2015, Netflix has released the first trailer for the French-animated adaptation of Jiro Taniguchi’s The Summit of the Gods manga, itself adapted from the original novel authored by Baku Yumemakura.
The Summit of the Gods | Official Trailer | Netflix