Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts

, also known as Journey with Ghost Along Yokaido Road, is a 1969 Japanese Tokusatsu movie directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda and Kimiyoshi Yasuda. it is the third in a trilogy of movies produced in the late 1960s, which focus around Japanese monsters known collectively as yōkai.

Notably darker in tone than its more famous predecessors, Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts focuses much more on a Jidaigeki storyline than it does on its titular monsters. While monsters do appear throughout the movie, they are relegated to antagonistic roles, more akin to their appearances in traditional kaidan.

Plot 
In Japan, Miyo has evidence that should stop the corruption in her town, but soon she finds not only her life in danger, but those of her family as well. When Miyo's grandfather is murdered on sacred grounds, the Yokai are summoned and seek out the people responsible.

Cast 

 Rokkō Toura
 Kojiro Hongo as Hyakasuro
 Kazue Tamaki as Nibei
 Yutaro Ban
 Koichi Mizuhara as Koichi Mizuhara
 Fujiharu
 Natsuko Oka
 Satoko Yamamura
 Haruyoshi Takeuchi
 Katsuyoshi Baba
 Masami Burukido (as Masami Kojomon) as Miyo (Jinbei's granddaughter)

Crew 

 Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda and Kimiyoshi Yasuda
 Produced by Masaichi Nagata and John Ledford
 Screenplay by Tetsuro Yoshida and Shozaburo Asai
 Music by Michiaki Watanabe
 Cinematography by Hiroshi Imai and Chikichiro Takeda
 Background art by Shigeru Kato and Yoshinobu Nishioka
 Special effects by Nobu Kurashima
 Edited by Toshio Taniguchi
 Production Directed by Hiroshi Ozawa
 developed by Toyo Development Center

Featured yōkai 
Most of the youkai are played by children of the children's theater company in Osaka, following the previous two works.

 Hyakuya
 Performance: Sumao Ishihara . Youkai in Suruga Province. First appearance in this work.
 Serpentine
 Performance: Kimiko Ishii . Youkai of Totomi country. The lord of "Onizuka" in the play. First appearance in this work.
 Nurarihyon
 A child actor is playing. Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy". Unlike the previous two works, the haori is a poor kimono and a cane.
 Haunted tree branch
 The fallen branches of the trees of the eight tomb mountains become like human hands and entangle with the intruder.
 Landfall
 Appears in front of Gorokichi and Monta, who stepped into the eight tomb mountains with a knife. It looks like a stone lantern to Miyo and others.
 Noppera-bo
 In front of Gorokichi and Monta, who followed Miyo and Shinta into the eight tomb mountains, Miyo and Shinta appear with eyes and noses.
 Mudabo
 Two bodies appeared in the final procession.
 Youkai water wheel
 The youkai that first appeared in this work. The neck flies around the water wheel. Appeared near the mansion of the Kasha family.
 Fire-breathing woman
 A witch in "Sakon-no-Sakura". There was no scene of blowing fire in this work. In the standing poster, it was up to the leading role.
 Hyosube
 The child actor played. Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy".
 White powder
 Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy".
 Aobōzu
 A youkai ninja in "Ukon no Tachibana". Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy".
 One Corner Great
 Youkai's short-term training head. Participate in the final procession.
 Moejoro
 Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy".
 Mad bone
 It was expressed by the performance of a doll. It appeared in all of the "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy", and in the final procession, it floated fluffy around the line.
 Karasu Tengu
 Appears as a shadow in the mansion of the Kasha family.
 First kid
 The child actor played. It changes from the tombstone of Eight Tomb Mountains.
 Human soul
 Raw neck
 Appears in Hyakutaro's dream.
 Other
 A yokai of unknown details appears in the scene where the tombstone of Mt. Appears in an eye-catching silhouette.

Release

Theatrical 
Yokai Monsters Along With Ghosts was released in Japan on March 21, 1969 where it was distributed by Daiei Film.

Home media 

 The movie was released on VHS on August 22, 1997, in the LD-BOX "Yokai Seal Box", which was a set with Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters and Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, by Amuse. and Released on DVD by July 26, 2000 Kadokawa Pictures Sales on DVD and Tokuma Japan Communications. Digital New Master copy print.

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