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The Great Yokai War(Movie, 2005)

Original title: "妖怪大戦争" (Japanese/JA)
2h 4min | Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Action
The Great Yokai WarRating: 3.1/5 (with 2525 votes)
The Great Yokai War (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争, Hepburn: Yōkai Daisensō) is a 2005 Japanese fantasy film directed by Takashi Miike, produced by Kadokawa Pictures and distributed by Shochiku. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, and Mai Takahashi. The film focuses largely on creatures from Japanese mythology known as yōkai (妖怪, variously translated as "apparition", "goblin", "ghoul", "spirit", or "monster"), which came to prominence during the Edo period with the works of Toriyama Sekien. It also draws inspiration from Aramata Hiroshi's Teito Monogatari, with the novel's antagonist Katō Yasunori appearing as the main antagonist in the film. The film is considered a loose remake of the 1968 film Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, but also draws influence from Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitarō manga series of the same name. All three are retellings of the famous Japanese tale of Momotarō, which f... ()
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About The Great Yokai War

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. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.

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The Great Yokai War (2005) 妖怪大戦争 - Movie Trailer - Far East Films(Trailer, 1:57)

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Production country: Japan
Plays in: Japan
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 9 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/06/2005
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Krieg der Dämonen"
"Yōkai Daisensō"
"Yôkai Daisensô"
"Великая война гоблинов"
Budget: 12,148,397 USD

2 movies in the Collection

2005 The Great Yokai War
2021 The Great Yokai War –Guardians– ("妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ")

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