Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare

"The most bizarre monsters the world has ever seen!"

1968 1h 19m JA

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★6.4TMDB · 23

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Synopsis

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When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.

“The most bizarre monsters the world has ever seen!”

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Cast

Yoshihiko Aoyama
Shinhachiro Mayama
Akane Kawasaki
Lady Chie
Takashi Kanda
Hyogo Isobe
Hideki Hanamura
Nebula Monster
Chikara Hashimoto
Daimon
Hiromi Inoue
Shinobu
Mari Kanda
Osaki
Gen Kimura
Saheiji Kawano

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Writers: Tetsurō Yoshida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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58 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Yokai Monsters Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda, shot by Hiroshi Imai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kanji Suganuma shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Yoshihiko Aoyama and Akane Kawasaki and Takashi Kanda carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The most bizarre monsters the world has ever seen!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0164402 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Yoshiyuki Kuroda directs. Hiroshi Imai behind the camera. Kanji Suganuma cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
258 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Yokai Monsters Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda, shot by Hiroshi Imai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Kanji Suganuma shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Yoshihiko Aoyama and Akane Kawasaki and Takashi Kanda carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The most bizarre monsters the world has ever seen!".
8IMDB entry: tt0164402 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "vampire", "shapeshifting", "demon", "ghost".
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.