Netflix has released the trailer for the mountain climbing-themed animated feature “The Summit of the Gods” which premiered at Cannes this year.
The film is an adaptation of the manga series by renowned manga artist Jirô Taniguchi and writer Baku Yumemakura. Patrick Imbert (“Ernest & Celestine”) directs the film which he co-wrote with producer Jean-Charles Ostorero.
The story follows a young Japanese photojournalist, Fukamachi, who finds a camera that could change the history of mountaineering. It leads him to the mysterious Habu, an outcast climber believed missing for years.
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.
Netflix premieres “The Summit of the Gods” in select theaters on November 24th ahead of a release on the streamer November 30th.