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GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night (2006)
Directed by Keita Amemiya
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In the aftermath events of GARO: Chapter of the Black Wolf, Saejima Kouga sets out to the northern district upon reassignment. While hunting down Horrors, a young priestess named Rin informs Kouga that she’s been sent by Priest Amon to save a presumed dead friend in the Makai realm within Kantai, Jabi. Kouga teams up with Rin in a quest to save Jabi as they are hindered by supernatural and Makai forces alike. Meanwhile somewhere in Japan the dark Horror lord Legules was resurrected and plots a means to alter a supernatural event called White Night within Kantai to plunge the world into darkness with his “family.” It’s the final chapter of GARO as Kouga puts his life on the line to save Jabi and defeat Legules before the world is ruined.
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Ryōsei Konishi | Ray Fujita | Shouma Yamamoto | Yuzumi Shibamoto | Yasue Sato | Kazue Tsunogae | Akaji Maro | Mark Musashi | Ryuusei Sawahata | Minoru Tomita | Noboru Yasunaga | Junko Tashiro | Mika Hijii | Yukijiro Hotaru | Hiroyuki Watanabe | Hironobu Kageyama | Ai Orikasa | Kenichi Ogata | Okuda Yukari | Masashi Hirose | Mizuho Yoshida | Namihei Koshige
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/14/2021 | TV | Broadcast | TV | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
I’m sure he would disagree but the worst thing to happen to Keita Amemiya is the advent of digital FX for regular use in science fiction/ fantasy television series. The practical GARO suits and other costumes look great. But all the digital monsters and FX look like trash. And it’s super noticeable bc of the excellent practical suits in the same composite shot with shitty CGI.
If anything I wish Amemiya hadn’t started to use digital until much later. When GARO started back in the early naughts I thought it was just a more fantasy leaning tokusatsu program compared to the sci-fi of Ultraman or Kamen Rider. Then I watch one of these movies and remember it’s hardcore horror fantasy. An innocent bystander gets severed in half! Would’ve been so wild to watch this after school in the same block as Spectraman and Space Giants. Haha
This broadcast was part of the Keita Amemiya event that DKU does in October bc he’s done so many horror tokusatsu films. I hadn’t seen this one so it was nice to view even tho I have no idea what’s going on in the overarching story of the series.
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