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The Great Yokai War (2005)

Directed by Takashi Miike

Fantasy | Family | Adventure

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Overview

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes “chosen,” and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.

Rated PG-13 | Length 124 minutes

Actors

Ryûnosuke Kamiki | Hiroyuki Miyasako | Kaho Minami | Riko Narumi | Shirô Sano | Miyuki Miyabe | Arimasa Osawa | Yu Tokui | Itsuji Itao | Taru Honkonen | Yoji Tanaka | Toshiya Nagasawa | Kanji Tsuda | Akira Emoto | Bunta Sugawara | Masaomi Kondo | Mai Takahashi | Sadao Abe | Hiromasa Taguchi | Ken'ichi Endô | Toshie Negishi | Asumi Miwa | Rei Yoshii | Tôru Hotohara | Renji Ishibashi | Kiyoshiro Imawano | Naoto Takenaka | Hiroshi Aramata | Natsuhiko Kyôgoku | Shigeru Mizuki | Takashi Okamura | Chiaki Kuriyama | Etsushi Toyokawa | Mame Yamada

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Met up with Shannon at Facets for another Japanese screening: Takashi Miike’s latest, a family film! Of course with my love for Yokai I was already predisposed to like this film. The fact that Miike made it… well, that’s a bonus. Not a perfect movie by any means but very enjoyable.

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