Onmyoji 2 (2003)

Director:

Yôjirô Takita

Writers:

Yôjirô Takita (writer)
Itaru Era (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

4 October 2003 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy

Plot:

A group of demons in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian is dismembering members of a family of Japanese nobles. |

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Second Part | Number In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Mansai Nomura	...	Abe no Seimei
Hideaki Itô	...	Minamoto no Hiromasa
Kiichi Nakai	...	Genkaku
Kyôko Fukada	...	Himiko
Eriko Imai	...	Mitsumushi
Yûko Kotegawa	...	Tsukuyomi
Hayato Ichihara	...	Susa
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katsuya Koiso
Hiromitsu Suzuki
Kenji Yamaki	...	Ukon Tachibana

Directed by
Yôjirô Takita

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Itaru Era		writer
Yôjirô Takita		writer
Baku Yumemakura

Original Music by
Shigeru Umebayashi

Cinematography by
Takeshi Hamada		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Nobuko Tomita

Art Direction by
Kyôko Heya

Makeup Department
Kakusei Fujiwara	....	special makeup effects artist

Sound Department
Osamu Onodera	....	sound

Special Effects by
Katsuro Onoue	....	special effects director

Visual Effects by
Yasuo Koga	....	digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Shinichi Chiba	....	steadicam
Tatsuya Osada	....	gaffer

Production Companies

• Dentsu
• Fellah Pictures
• Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
• Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
• Toho Company
• Tohokashinsha Film Company Ltd.
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Distributors

• Toho Company (2003) (worldwide) (all media)
• Elephant Films (2006) (France) (all media)

Other Companies

• All Nippon Kyudo Federation  bow guidance
• Cine Bazar  cooperation
• Continental Far East  Dolby consultant
• Esashi Royal Hotel  location cooperation
• Fujiwara Herirtage Park  location cooperation
• Government of Esase, Iwate  location cooperation
• Government of Nara, Nara  location cooperation
• ISB  
• Imagica  film processing
• Kodak Japan  film stock supplied by
• Marbling FineArts  miniature special effects
• NAC Image Technology  camera equipment supplied by
• NGC  visual effects cooperation
• Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties  location cooperation
• Nihon Shomei Co.  lighting equipment supplied by
• Plaza Inn Mizusawa  location cooperation
• Rihga Royal Hotel  location cooperation
• Suzunoya  

Also Known As:

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

South Korea:15

Company:

Dentsu

Movie Connections:

Follows Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master (2001)

Even better the second time around

Mansai Nomura is back again reprising his role as Abe no Seimei - an Onmyoji (yin yang master).

In the Heian period of Japan, strange occurrence is happening in the capital. A demonic entity is showing up eating parts of human it comes in contact with. Somehow, Fujiwara no Yasumaro (Masato Ibu), and his daughter Himiko (Kyoko Fukada) seems to be involved in the cause. Seimei goes out to find out the true identity of the demonic entity.

The story mixes ancient Japanese folk lore of sword that's been taken out of the tail of eight headed snake, and the gods who were with Amaterasu (Sun goddess) who is the chief goddess involved in the creation myth of Japan.

The movie is even better made than the first installment, and there're more suspense to the story. Seimei integrates to the action better in this movie as well.

Even without the background knowledge about the historic Japan, this movie can be enjoyed as period piece/action fantasy. It's a different kind of a movie from Japan that appeals to the international audience as well.