The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of "Horumo" - a combat match where each person manipulates 100 spirits (referred to as "oni") to fight the opponent. Akira Abe, a freshman at Kyoto University student falls for his classmate Kyoko, and soon ends up at a mysterious club called “Kyoto University Azure Dragon” which turns out to be one of the Horumo teams, playing the mysterious (and somewhat absurd) game which started over 1,000 years ago in the Heian period.The heat rises as you see the 2,000 CGI created spirits wage fierce battles against the backdrop of breathtaking beautiful city of Kyoto. Let the battle begin!

二浪した後、念願の京都大学に入学した安倍は、一目ぼれした早良京子の存在が決め手となり「京大青竜会」というサークルに入部する。安倍はここをレジャーサークルか何かだと思っていた。しかし、実態は京都に千年伝わる競技、“ホルモー”のサークルだった。＜万城目学の同名ベストセラーを映画化した青春コメディー。京都大学生の主人公がたまたま入部したサークルで“ホルモー”なる謎の競技に出会い、京都の大学との間で対抗戦を繰り広げる。監督は本木克英。主演の山田孝之のほか、栗山千明や芦名星など。陰陽道に代表される、京都ならではの独特な雰囲気をオール京都ロケとVFXで映像化したビジュアルも見どころ。＞

호루모라는 경기는 한 팀당 특별한 의식과 훈련을 일반인들에게 보이지 않는 귀신을 부릴 수 있는 10명으로 구성되어 몽둥이 등으로 무장한 귀신들이 상대편과 집단 몸싸움을 통해 승부를 가리는 경기다. 카모가와 호루모라 이름 붙인 올해의 호루모 경기를 둘러싸고 젊은이들의 풋풋한 사랑 이야기