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6 August 2005 (Japan)
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This is the story of a young boy who moves to a small town after the divorce of his parents. At a local festival...
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2 wins
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gorgeous and imaginative fun fantasy adventure!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ryûnosuke Kamiki | ... | Tadashi Ino (as Ryuunosuke Kamiki) | |
| Hiroyuki Miyasako | ... | Sata | |
| Chiaki Kuriyama | ... | Agi | |
| Bunta Sugawara | ... | Shuntaro Ino | |
| Kaho Minami | ... | Youko Ino | |
| Riko Narumi | ... | Tataru Ino | |
| Etsushi Toyokawa | ... | Lord Kato Yasunori | |
| Kiyoshiro Imawano | ... | General Nurarihyon (as Kiyoshirô Imawano) | |
| Mai Takahashi | ... | Kawahime, the River Princess | |
| Masaomi Kondo | ... | Shojo, the Kirin Herald (as Masaomi Kondô) | |
| Sadao Abe | ... | Kawataro, the River Sprite | |
| Takashi Okamura | ... | Azuki-Bean Washer | |
| Naoto Takenaka | ... | Lamp-Oil | |
| Ken'ichi Endô | ... | Ou Tengu | |
| Renji Ishibashi | ... | Ou Kubi |
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Also Known As:
The Great Yokai War (Canada: English title) (festival title) (International: English title) (UK) (subtitle)
Hobgoblins & the Great War (literal English title)
Spook Warfare
The Great Hobgoblin War (literal English title)
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Hobgoblins & the Great War (literal English title)
Spook Warfare
The Great Hobgoblin War (literal English title)
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Rated PG-13 for fantasy violence and scary images.
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USA:124 min | UK:104 min (Leeds International Film Festival)
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Shigeru Mizuki himself appears briefly in the film as the Demon King.
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Red-Hooded Yokai:
Rejoice! It would seem we have won the war.
Youkai Daiou: Won the war? Don't be a fool! There is a limit even to foolishness. Wars must not happen. They only make you hungry.
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Youkai Daiou: Won the war? Don't be a fool! There is a limit even to foolishness. Wars must not happen. They only make you hungry.
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References Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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Wow! So much fun! Probably a bit much for normal American kids, and really it's a stretch to call this a kid's film, this movie reminded me a quite a bit of Time Bandits - very Terry Gilliam all the way through. While the overall narrative is pretty much straight forward, Miike still throws in A LOT of surreal and Bunuel-esquire moments. The whole first act violently juxtaposes from scene to scene the normal family life of the main kid/hero, with the spirit world and the evil than is ensuing therein. And while the ending does have a bit of an ambiguous aspect that are common of Miike's work, the layers of meaning and metaphor, particularly the anti-war / anti-revenge message of human folly, is pretty damn poignant. As manic and imaginatively fun as other great Miike films, only instead of over the top torture and gore, he gives us an endless amount of monsters and yokai from Japanese folk-lore creatively conceived via CG and puppetry wrapped into an imaginative multi-faceted adventure. F'n rad, and one of Miike's best!