The Great Yokai War (2005)

Name: The Great Yokai War
Director: Takashi Miike
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 2005
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Akira Emoto, Arimasa Osawa, Bunta Sugawara, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Itsuji Itao

Original Title: 妖怪大戦争

Action Comedy Fantasy

6.3 (78 votes)

2h 4m

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

Details

Director: Takashi Miike
Writer: Hiroshi Aramata, Takashi Miike, Mitsuhiko Sawamura
Original Language: Japanese
Budget: $12,148,397

Cast

Akira Emoto Arimasa Osawa Bunta Sugawara Hiroyuki Miyasako Itsuji Itao Kaho Minami Kanji Tsuda Miyuki Miyabe Riko Narumi Ryunosuke Kamiki Shiro Sano Taru Honkonen Toshiya Nagasawa Yoji Tanaka Yuu Tokui