Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

2014 1h 37m JA

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7.7

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★7.7TMDB · 75

ActionAnimationAdventureComedyFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

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When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin and Bronzlow makes the Yo-Kai Watch disappear from time so they can help Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Nate Adams finds help in the Yo-Kai Hovernyan, who takes Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan 60 years to the past, when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Nate's grandfather, Nathaniel Adams, while he was a boy. Together, the 2 boys fight Dame Dedtime and her evil Wicked Yo-Kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Haruka Tomatsu
Keita Amano (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Whisper / Buchinyan (voice)
Etsuko Kozakura
Jibanyan / Buchinyan / Shogunyan (voice)
Romi Park
Keizo Amano (voice)
Yuki Kaji
Darknyan / Hovernyan / Meganyan (voice)
Ainosuke Kataoka
Tokio Ubaune (voice)
Vanilla Yamazaki
Kin (voice)
Mika Kanai
Gin (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shigeharu Takahashi
Writers: Yoichi Kato
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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2 / 7

CINEMA

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Part of the "Yo-kai Watch Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shigeharu Takahashi, shot by Tatsumi Yukiwaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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ERA

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

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5 / 7

CAST

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Haruka Tomatsu and Tomokazu Seki and Etsuko Kozakura carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4168022 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 75 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shigeharu Takahashi directs. Tatsumi Yukiwaki behind the camera. Emi Onodera cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 12 years ago.
2Part of the "Yo-kai Watch Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Shigeharu Takahashi, shot by Tatsumi Yukiwaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Emi Onodera shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Haruka Tomatsu and Tomokazu Seki and Etsuko Kozakura carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt4168022 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 75 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.