Gegege no Kitaro: The Strongest Ghost Army! Landing in Japan!!

1986 0h 49m JA

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 2

AnimationHorrorFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

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A monster appeared out of nowhere, transformed into a human, and began selling strange cloth. Becoming suspicious, the cat girl follows him and witnesses a horrifying scene deep in the mountains. Using a technique she had never seen before, she turned her colored paper into a piece of cloth...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Keiko Toda
Kei Tomiyama
Isamu Tanonaka
Ichiro Nagai
Hiroko Emori
Joji Yanami
Yusaku Yara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yugo Serikawa
Writers: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 49-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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3 / 7

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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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt12228138 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yugo Serikawa directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Tight 49-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.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Keiko Toda and Kei Tomiyama and Isamu Tanonaka carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt12228138 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.