| The Great Yokai War | |
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 US DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Takashi Miike |
| Produced by | Fumio Inoue |
| Written by | Novel: Hiroshi Aramata Screenplay: Takashi Miike Mitshuiko Sawamura Takehiko Itakura |
| Music by | Koji Endo |
| Cinematography | Hideo Yamamoto |
| Editing by | Yasushi Shimamura |
| Released | August 6, 2005 |
| Running time | Special Edition: 124 min. Theatrical: 111 min. |
| Budget | $10,000,000 USD (estimated) |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| Trailer | |
The Great Yokai War (妖怪大戦争 Yokai Daisenso) is a 2005 Japanese film based on a Hiroshi Aramata novel and directed by Takashi Miike.
Plot[]
The Great Yokai War tells the story of a young boy named Tadashi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) who moves to a small town after his parents get divorced and gets picked to be "Kirin Rider" at a local festival. The title, which equates to being a protector of all things good, proves to be more literal than symbolic as a group of cursed souls wage war on humans and yokai (monsters). Tadashi joins forces with the local yokai and even though he's just a young boy they come to view him as their last ray of hope.
Cast[]
- Ryunosuke Kamiki ... Tadashi Ino
- Hiroyuki Miyasako ... Sata
- Chiaki Kuriyama ... Agi
- Bunta Sugawara ... Shuntaro Ino
- Kaho Minami ... Youko Ino
- Riko Narumi ... Tataru Ino
- Etsushi Toyokawa ... Lord Kato Yasunori
- Kiyoshiro Imawano ... General Nurarihyon
- Mai Takahashi ... Kawahime, the River Princess
- Masaomi Kondo ... Shojo, the Kirin Herald
- Sadao Abe ... Kawataro, the River Sprite
- Takashi Okamura ... Azuki-Bean Washer
- Naoto Takenaka ... Lamp-Oil
- Kenichi Endo ... Ou Tengu
- Renji Ishibashi ... Ou Kubi
- Toshie Negishi ... Sunakake Baba
- Asumi Miwa ... Rokuro-Kubi
- Hiroshi Aramata ... Demon Prince
- Natsuhiko Kyougoku ... Demon Prince
- Shigeru Mizuki ... Demon King
- Toshiya Nagasawa ... Abe no Seimei
- Shiro Sano ... Sata's Editor
- Akira Emoto ... Screaming Farmer
- Minori Fujikura ... Bake-Neko
- Mame Yamada ... Noderabo
- Hiromasa Taguchi ... Ippon Tadara
- Tokitoshi Shiota ... Mouryo/Gozu
- Rei Yoshii ... Yuki Onna
- Miyuki Miyabe ... School Teacher
- Yu Tokui ... Police Officer
- Kanji Tsuda ... Tadashi's Father
- Salmon Sakeyama
External links[]
- The Great Yokai War at Wikipedia
- The Great Yokai War at KFCC
- The Great Yokai War review at SaruDama