Where to Watch Kappa (1986)

Looking to feast your eyes on 'Kappa' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Bruce Yonemoto-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Kappa' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Kappa' right now, here are some specifics about the KYO-DAI animation flick.

Released June 17th, 1986, 'Kappa' stars Mike Kelley, Mary Woronov, Keye Luke, Edward Ruscha The movie has a runtime of about 26 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from well-known users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "Deconstructing the myth of Oedipus within the framework of an ancient Japanese folk story, the Yonemotos craft a highly charged discourse of loss and desire. Quoting from Bunuel, Freud, pop media and art, they place the symbology of Western psychosexual analytical theory into a cross-cultural context, juxtaposing the Oedipal and Kappa myths in a delirious collusion of form and content. The Kappa, a malevolent Japanese water imp, is played with eerie intensity by artist Mike Kelley; actress Mary Woronov plays Jocasta as a vamp from a Hollywood exploitation film. Steeped in perversions and violent longings, both the Kappa and Oedipus legends are presented in highly stylized, purposefully "degraded" forms, reflecting their media-exploitative cultural contexts. In this ironic yet oddly poignant essay of psychosexual compulsion and catharsis, the Yonemotos demonstrate that even in debased forms, cultural archetypes hold the power to move and manipulate." .