Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008)

Set in the same world populated by Yokai, demon spirits with supernatural powers - Wentz Eiji of WaT reprises his role as half-human, half-yokai hero Kitaro, who takes it upon himself to ... See full summary »

Director:

Katsuhide Motoki

Writers:

Mitsuhiko Sawamura, Shigeru Mizuki (characters)

Stars:

Eiji Wentz, Kii Kitano, Rena Tanaka

Cast

Credited cast:
Eiji Wentz	...	Gegege no Kitarô (as Eiji Uentsu)
Kii Kitano	...	Kaede Hiramoto
Rena Tanaka	...	Neko Musume
Yô Ôizumi	...	Nezumi Otoko
Isamu Tanonaka	...	Medama Oyaji (voice)
Kanpei Hazama	...	Konaki Jijii
Shinobu Terajima	...	Nure Onna - Nami
So Ji-seob	...	Yasha (as Jisobu So)
Shirô Sano	...	Jakotsu Babaa
Takashi Sasano	...	Ido Sennin
Masato Hagiwara	...	Umihito
Shigeru Muroi	...	Sunakake Babaa
Ken Ogata	...	Nurarihyon
Yûho Yamashita	...	Buchou
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hiroto Araki

Storyline

Set in the same world populated by Yokai, demon spirits with supernatural powers - Wentz Eiji of WaT reprises his role as half-human, half-yokai hero Kitaro, who takes it upon himself to resolve the problems that arise when human and Yokai collide in modern-day Japan. This time Kitaro and his friends are investigating a series of mysterious disappearances. They stumble upon a yokai conspiracy and a cursed cycle that dates back 1000 years.

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Plot Keywords:

specter | sequel | monster | eyeball | curse | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Horror

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Miura Hanto is the name of the coastal place that old couple (Sunakake woman and Konaki old man) visit for a vacation. Miura is the southern part of Tokyo Bay.

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Connections

Follows Kitaro (2007)

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Soundtracks

Kaze tachinu
Performed by Ataru Nakamura
Courtesy of Avex Trax

User Reviews

A huge improvement

My understanding of Japanese is minimal, and I saw this in the theater raw without subtitles, but even so it was a gigantic improvement over the first movie with Eiji Wentz. Don't let the first one deter you! This film seemed to be shouting "We got a budget!!" and they almost put it to good effect. Wentz didn't make my spine tingle nearly as much as in the first movie, and the other actors performed admirably. This cast was chock-full of comedians and flavors-of-the-day--a little cringeworthy at times, but not wholly off-putting. The expanded cast contained some really admirable stars and even some simple enough jokes that I could comprehend them. The action sequences were actually pretty satisfying--Wentz as Kitaro fighting So Ji-Sub as Yasha was one of the best-done fight scenes in the movie. As usual the writers pushed the 'romance' angle because of Wentz, but in this movie the girl took some respectable initiative. As a big fan of GeGeGe no Kitaro, this movie isn't near the animation or manga whatsoever, but it stays mostly true to the mood. Overall it was cute and quite enjoyable.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

12 July 2008 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Gegege no Kitarô 2

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,885,772

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai, Burning Productions, Dentsu

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1