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The Great Yokai War

Play trailer Poster for The Great Yokai War PG-13,  2005,  2h 3m,  Fantasy/ Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 74% 19 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
74% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
A young boy called Tadashi Ino is chosen to be a "Kirin Rider" -- one who protects virtuous things from evil spirits. He's immediately put to the test by Lord Kato Yasunori, a malevolent force who sows chaos and destruction in the countryside. As young children go missing and evil mechanical monsters attack, Tadashi must retrieve a mythical sword from the Great Goblin to save the populace. Standing in his way are mountain-dwelling ghouls.

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Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Aug 24, 2021
Miike can do anything, and he displays that range here in a film that's fun, creative, and unpredictable. Go to Full Review
Bill Stamets Chicago Sun-Times Aug 13, 2006
2/4
This noisy, effects-crazed PG-13 adventure might work for 10 year-olds who are beyond Nickelodeon piffle and ready for Japanese splatter. Go to Full Review
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Aug 12, 2006
With its scenes of mass destruction in Tokyo and its climactic mushroom cloud, the movie owes a psychic debt to the atomic-monster movies of the 50s and 60s, but its overriding tone is one of endless, giddy invention. Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Oct 7, 2021
4/5
his isn't a big showdown in the style of recent superhero movies, but something far more organic and joyously deranged. Go to Full Review
Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Nov 7, 2014
7/10
A fanciful dramatisation of children's scary fantasies in impressive puppetry. Go to Full Review
Steve Biodrowski ESplatter Jul 14, 2008
F
The Yokai War, when it finally comes, is pretty near an unmitigated disaster, filled with silly special effects and sillier action. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Takashi Miike

Director

Ryûnosuke Kamiki

Tadashi Ino

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Sata

Chiaki Kuriyama

Agi

Bunta Sugawara

Shuntaro Ino

Etsushi Toyokawa

Lord Kato Yasunori

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Synopsis A young boy called Tadashi Ino is chosen to be a "Kirin Rider" -- one who protects virtuous things from evil spirits. He's immediately put to the test by Lord Kato Yasunori, a malevolent force who sows chaos and destruction in the countryside. As young children go missing and evil mechanical monsters attack, Tadashi must retrieve a mythical sword from the Great Goblin to save the populace. Standing in his way are mountain-dwelling ghouls.
Director
Takashi Miike
Producer
Fumio Inoue
Production Co
Nippon Television Network
Rating
PG-13 (Fantasy Violence|Scary Images)
Genre
Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 12, 2006
Runtime
2h 3m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital Surround EX
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