The Great Yokai War (2005)
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.
Director:
Takashi Miike
Writers:
Hiroshi Aramata, Takashi Miike, Mitsuhiko Sawamura, Takehiko Itakura.
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Ryunosuke Kamiki as Tadashi Ino |
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Hiroyuki Miyasako as Sata |
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Kaho Minami as Yōko Ino |
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Riko Narumi as Tataru Ino |
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Shiro Sano as "Mysterious" Editor |
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Miyuki Miyabe as |
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Arimasa Osawa as |
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Yuu Tokui as |
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Itsuji Itao as |
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Taru Honkonen as |
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Yoji Tanaka as Yoichi's father |
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Toshiya Nagasawa as |
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Kanji Tsuda as Tadashi's Father |
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Akira Emoto as |
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Bunta Sugawara as Shuntarō Ino |
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Masaomi Kondo as Shōjō |
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Seiko Iwaido as Kawahime |
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Sadao Abe as Kawatarō |
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Hiromasa Taguchi as |
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Kenichi Endo as Ou Tengu |
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Toshie Negishi as |
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Asumi Miwa as |
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Rei Yoshii as |
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Tôru Hotohara as |
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Renji Ishibashi as Ou Kubi |
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Kiyoshiro Imawano as General Nurarihyon |
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Naoto Takenaka as Lamp-Oil |
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Hiroshi Aramata as |
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Natsuhiko Kyogoku as |
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Shigeru Mizuki as |
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Takashi Okamura as Azukiarai |
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Chiaki Kuriyama as Agi |
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Etsushi Toyokawa as Katō Yasunori |
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Mame Yamada as Noderabô |
| Writing | Hiroshi Aramata | Screenplay |
| Production | Tsuguhiko Kadokawa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Fumio Inoue | Producer |
| Production | Shigeru Mizuki | Production Consultant |
| Production | Hiroshi Aramata | Production Consultant |
| Production | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | Production Consultant |
| Production | Miyuki Miyabe | Production Consultant |
| Production | Takashi Sasaki | Production Designer |
| Sound | Koji Endo | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Takashi Miike | Director |
| Writing | Takashi Miike | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mitsuhiko Sawamura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Takehiko Itakura | Screenplay |
| Editing | Yasushi Shimamura | Editor |
| Camera | Hideo Yamamoto | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Masahiro Kimura | Gaffer |
| Production | Nobuhiro Iizuka | Other |
| Production | Daisuke Kadoya | Associate Producer |
| Production | Shun Shimizu | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Jun Nakamura | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Takashi Sasaki | Production Design |
| Art | Tomomi Nishio | Decorator |
| Directing | Yamamoto Hideyuki | Assistant Director |