Gegege no Kitaro: Clash!! The Great Rebellion of the Yokai from Another Dimension

"Let's defeat the Yokai Emperor and sing Gegege no Ge!"

1986 0h 48m JA

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Synopsis

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Kitaro's worries about a typhoon that came during the unseasonable winter turn out to be true. A typhoon known as a mysterious weather event that occurs once every 1000 years has landed in Tokyo. At that time, a monster emperor appears on TV and decides to support Japan...

“Let's defeat the Yokai Emperor and sing Gegege no Ge!”

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Cast

Keiko Toda
Kitaro (voice)
Isamu Tanonaka
Medama-Oyaji (voice)
Kei Tomiyama
Nezumi-otoko (voice)
Yuko Mita
Neko Musume (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Konaki-jiji (voice)
Joji Yanami
Ittan-momen (voice)
Hiroko Emori
Sunakake-babaa (voice)
Kyôko Irokawa
Yumeko Tendo (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hiroki Shibata
Writers: Junki Takegami
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 48-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Gegege no Kitaro (3rd Series) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hiroki Shibata, shot by Masaki Machida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Masahiro Kawasaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Shinji Shimizu 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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Keiko Toda and Isamu Tanonaka and Kei Tomiyama carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Let's defeat the Yokai Emperor and sing Gegege no Ge!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hiroki Shibata directs. Masaki Machida behind the camera. Masahiro Kawasaki scores. Shinji Shimizu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 48-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
240 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Gegege no Kitaro (3rd Series) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Hiroki Shibata, shot by Masaki Machida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Masahiro Kawasaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Shinji Shimizu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Keiko Toda and Isamu Tanonaka and Kei Tomiyama carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Let's defeat the Yokai Emperor and sing Gegege no Ge!".
9IMDB entry: tt12256808 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Masaki Machida
Original score: Masahiro Kawasaki
Editing: Shinji Shimizu
Runtime: 48 min · 0h 48m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Gegege no Kitaro: Clash!! The Great Rebellion of the Yokai from Another Dimension (1986)